Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

 

3.13.1

śrī-śuka uvāca

niśamya vācaḿ vadato

muneḥ puṇyatamāḿ nṛpa

bhūyaḥ papraccha kauravyo

vāsudeva-kathādṛtaḥ

 

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; niśamya — after hearing; vācam — talks; vadataḥ — while speaking; muneḥ — of Maitreya Muni; puṇya-tamām — the most virtuous; nṛpa — O King; bhūyaḥ — then again; papraccha — inquired; kauravyaḥ — the best amongst the Kurus (Vidura); vāsudeva-kathā — topics on the subject of the personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva; ādṛtaḥ — one who so adores.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, after hearing all these most virtuous topics from the sage Maitreya, Vidura inquired further on the topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which he adored to hear.

 

3.13.2

vidura uvāca

sa vai svāyambhuvaḥ samrāṭ

priyaḥ putraḥ svayambhuvaḥ

pratilabhya priyāḿ patnīḿ

kiḿ cakāra tato mune

 

viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura said; saḥ — he; vai — easily; svāyambhuvaḥ — Svāyambhuva Manu; samrāṭ — the king of all kings; priyaḥ — dear; putraḥ — son; svayambhuvaḥ — of Brahmā; pratilabhya — after obtaining; priyām — most loving; patnīm — wife; kim — what; cakāra — did; tataḥ — thereafter; mune — O great sage.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Vidura said: O great sage, what did Svāyambhuva, the dear son of Brahmā, do after obtaining his very loving wife?

 

3.13.3

caritaḿ tasya rājarṣer

ādi-rājasya sattama

brūhi me śraddadhānāya

viṣvaksenāśrayo hy asau

 

caritam — character; tasya — his; rājarṣeḥ — of the saintly king; ādi-rājasya — of the original king; sattama — O most pious one; brūhi — kindly speak; me — unto me; śraddadhānāya — unto one eager to receive; viṣvaksena — of the Personality of Godhead; āśrayaḥ — one who has taken shelter; hi — certainly; asau — that king.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O best of the virtuous, the original king of kings [Manu] was a great devotee of the Personality of Godhead Hari, and thus it is worth hearing of his sublime character and activities. Please describe them. I am very eager to hear.

 

3.13.4

śrutasya puḿsāḿ sucira-śramasya

nanv añjasā sūribhir īḍito 'rthaḥ

tat-tad-guṇānuśravaṇaḿ mukunda-

pādāravindaḿ hṛdayeṣu yeṣām

 

śrutasya — of persons who are in the process of hearing; puḿsām — of such persons; sucira — for a long time; śramasya — laboring very hard; nanu — certainly; añjasā — elaborately; sūribhiḥ — by pure devotees; īḍitaḥ — explained by; arthaḥ — statements; tat — that; tat — that; guṇa — transcendental qualities; anuśravaṇam — thinking; mukunda — the Personality of Godhead, who awards liberation; pāda-aravindam — the lotus feet; hṛdayeṣu — within the heart; yeṣām — of them.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Persons who hear from a spiritual master with great labor and for a long time must hear from the mouths of pure devotees about the character and activities of pure devotees. Pure devotees always think within their hearts of the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, who awards His devotees liberation.

 

3.13.5

śrī-śuka uvāca

iti bruvāṇaḿ viduraḿ vinītaḿ

sahasra-śīrṣṇaś caraṇopadhānam

prahṛṣṭa-romā bhagavat-kathāyāḿ

praṇīyamāno munir abhyacaṣṭa

 

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti — thus; bruvāṇam — speaking; viduram — unto Vidura; vinītam — very gentle; sahasra-śīrṣṇaḥ — the Personality of Godhead Kṛṣṇa; caraṇa — lotus feet; upadhānam — pillow; prahṛṣṭa-romā — hairs standing in ecstasy; bhagavat — in relationship with the Personality of Godhead; kathāyām — in the words; praṇīyamānaḥ — being influenced by such spirit; muniḥ — the sage; abhyacaṣṭa — attempted to speak.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: The Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa was pleased to place His lotus feet on the lap of Vidura because Vidura was very meek and gentle. The sage Maitreya was very pleased with Vidura's words, and, being influenced by his spirit, he attempted to speak.

 

3.13.6

maitreya uvāca

yadā sva-bhāryayā sārdhaḿ

jātaḥ svāyambhuvo manuḥ

prāñjaliḥ praṇataś cedaḿ

veda-garbham abhāṣata

 

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Maitreya said; yadā — when; sva-bhāryayā — along with his wife; sārdham — accompanied by; jātaḥ — appeared; svāyambhuvaḥ — Svāyambhuva Manu; manuḥ — the father of mankind; prāñjaliḥ — with folded hands; praṇataḥ — in obeisances; ca — also; idam — this; veda-garbham — unto the reservoir of Vedic wisdom; abhāṣata — addressed.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The sage Maitreya said to Vidura: After his appearance, Manu, the father of mankind, along with his wife, thus addressed the reservoir of Vedic wisdom, Brahmā, with obeisances and folded hands.

 

3.13.7

tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhūtānāḿ

janma-kṛd vṛttidaḥ pitā

tathāpi naḥ prajānāḿ te

śuśrūṣā kena vā bhavet

 

tvam — you; ekaḥ — one; sarva — all; bhūtānām — living entities; janma-kṛt — progenitor; vṛtti-daḥ — source of subsistence; pitā — the father; tathā api — yet; naḥ — ourselves; prajānām — of all who are born; te — of you; śuśrūṣā — service; kena — how; vā — either; bhavet — may be possible.

 

TRANSLATION

 

You are the father of all living entities and the source of their subsistence because they are all born of you. Please order us how we may be able to render service unto you.

 

3.13.8

tad vidhehi namas tubhyaḿ

karmasv īḍyātma-śaktiṣu

yat kṛtveha yaśo viṣvag

amutra ca bhaved gatiḥ

 

tat — that; vidhehi — give direction; namaḥ — my obeisances; tubhyam — unto you; karmasu — in duties; īḍya — O worshipful one; ātma-śaktiṣu — within our working capacity; yat — which; kṛtvā — doing; iha — in this world; yaśaḥ — fame; viṣvak — everywhere; amutra — in the next world; ca — and; bhavet — it should be; gatiḥ — progress.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O worshipful one, please give us your direction for the execution of duty within our working capacity so that we can follow it for fame in this life and progress in the next.

 

3.13.9

brahmovāca

prītas tubhyam ahaḿ tāta

svasti stād vāḿ kṣitīśvara

yan nirvyalīkena hṛdā

śādhi mety ātmanārpitam

 

brahmā uvāca — Brahmā said; prītaḥ — pleased; tubhyam — unto you; aham — I; tāta — my dear son; svasti — all blessings; stāt — let there be; vām — unto you both; kṣiti-īśvara — O lord of the world; yat — because; nirvyalīkena — without reservation; hṛdā — by the heart; śādhi — give instruction; mā — unto me; iti — thus; ātmanā — by self; arpitam — surrendered.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Lord Brahmā said: My dear son, O lord of the world, I am very pleased with you, and I desire all blessings for both you and your wife. You have without reservation surrendered yourself unto me with your heart for my instructions.

 

3.13.10

etāvaty ātmajair vīra

kāryā hy apacitir gurau

śaktyāpramattair gṛhyeta

sādaraḿ gata-matsaraiḥ

 

etāvatī — just exactly like this; ātmajaiḥ — by the offspring; vīra — O hero; kāryā — should be performed; hi — certainly; apacitiḥ — worship; gurau — unto the superior; śaktyā — with full capacity; apramattaiḥ — by the sane; gṛhyeta — should be accepted; sa-ādaram — with great delight; gata-matsaraiḥ — by those who are beyond the limit of envy.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O hero, your example is quite befitting a son in relationship with his father. This sort of adoration for the superior is required. One who is beyond the limit of envy and who is sane accepts the order of his father with great delight and executes it to his full capacity.

 

3.13.11

sa tvam asyām apatyāni

sadṛśāny ātmano guṇaiḥ

utpādya śāsa dharmeṇa

gāḿ yajñaiḥ puruṣaḿ yaja

 

saḥ — therefore that obedient son; tvam — as you are; asyām — in her; apatyāni — children; sadṛśāni — equally qualified; ātmanaḥ — of yourself; guṇaiḥ — with the characteristics; utpādya — having begotten; śāsa — rule; dharmeṇa — on the principles of devotional service; gām — the world; yajñaiḥ — by sacrifices; puruṣam — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yaja — worship.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Since you are my very obedient son, I ask you to beget children qualified like yourself in the womb of your wife. Rule the world in pursuance of the principles of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus worship the Lord by performances of yajña.

 

3.13.12

paraḿ śuśrūṣaṇaḿ mahyaḿ

syāt prajā-rakṣayā nṛpa

bhagavāḿs te prajā-bhartur

hṛṣīkeśo 'nutuṣyati

 

param — the greatest; śuśrūṣaṇam — devotional service; mahyam — unto me; syāt — should be; prajā — the living entities born in the material world; rakṣayā — by saving them from being spoiled; nṛpa — O King; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; te — with you; prajā-bhartuḥ — with the protector of the living beings; hṛṣīkeśaḥ — the Lord of the senses; anutuṣyati — is satisfied.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O King, if you can give proper protection to the living beings in the material world, that will be the best service for me. When the Supreme Lord sees you to be a good protector of the conditioned souls, certainly the master of the senses will be very pleased with you.

 

3.13.13

yeṣāḿ na tuṣṭo bhagavān

yajña-lińgo janārdanaḥ

teṣāḿ śramo hy apārthāya

yad ātmā nādṛtaḥ svayam

 

yeṣām — of those with whom; na — never; tuṣṭaḥ — satisfied; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; yajña-lińgaḥ — the form of sacrifice; janārdanaḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa, or the viṣṇu-tattva; teṣām — of them; śramaḥ — labor; hi — certainly; apārthāya — without profit; yat — because; ātmā — the Supreme Soul; na — not; ādṛtaḥ — respected; svayam — his own self.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Janārdana [Lord Kṛṣṇa], is the form to accept all the results of sacrifice. If He is not satisfied, then one's labor for advancement is futile. He is the ultimate Self, and therefore one who does not satisfy Him certainly neglects his own interests.

 

3.13.14

manur uvāca

ādeśe 'haḿ bhagavato

varteyāmīva-sūdana

sthānaḿ tv ihānujānīhi

prajānāḿ mama ca prabho

 

manuḥ uvāca — Śrī Manu said; ādeśe — under the order; aham — I; bhagavataḥ — of your powerful self; varteya — shall stay; amīva-sūdana — O killer of all sins; sthānam — the place; tu — but; iha — in this world; anujānīhi — please let me know; prajānām — of the living entities born from me; mama — my; ca — also; prabho — O lord.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Śrī Manu said: O all-powerful lord, O killer of all sins, I shall abide by your order. Now please let me know my place and that of the living entities born of me.

 

3.13.15

yad okaḥ sarva-bhūtānāḿ

mahī magnā mahāmbhasi

asyā uddharaṇe yatno

deva devyā vidhīyatām

 

yat — because; okaḥ — the dwelling place; sarva — for all; bhūtānām — living entities; mahī — the earth; magnā — merged; mahā-ambhasi — in the great water; asyāḥ — of this; uddharaṇe — in the lifting; yatnaḥ — attempt; deva — O master of the demigods; devyāḥ — of this earth; vidhīyatām — let it be done.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O master of the demigods, please attempt to lift the earth, which is merged in the great water, because it is the dwelling place for all the living entities. It can be done by your endeavor and by the mercy of the Lord.

 

3.13.16

maitreya uvāca

parameṣṭhī tv apāḿ madhye

tathā sannām avekṣya gām

katham enāḿ samunneṣya

iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram

 

maitreyaḥ uvāca — Śrī Maitreya Muni said; parameṣṭhī — Brahmā; tu — also; apām — the water; madhye — within; tathā — thus; sannām — situated; avekṣya — seeing; gām — the earth; katham — how; enām — this; samunneṣye — I shall lift; iti — thus; dadhyau — gave attention; dhiyā — by intelligence; ciram — for a long time.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Śrī Maitreya said: Thus, seeing the earth merged in the water, Brahmā gave his attention for a long time to how it could be lifted.

 

3.13.17

sṛjato me kṣitir vārbhiḥ

plāvyamānā rasāḿ gatā

athātra kim anuṣṭheyam

asmābhiḥ sarga-yojitaiḥ

yasyāhaḿ hṛdayād āsaḿ

sa īśo vidadhātu me

 

sṛjataḥ — while engaged in creation; me — of me; kṣitiḥ — the earth; vārbhiḥ — by the water; plāvyamānā — being inundated; rasām — depth of water; gatā — gone down; atha — therefore; atra — in this matter; kim — what; anuṣṭheyam — is right to be attempted; asmābhiḥ — by us; sarga — creation; yojitaiḥ — engaged in; yasya — the one from whose; aham — I; hṛdayāt — from the heart; āsam — born; saḥ — He; īśaḥ — the Lord; vidadhātu — may direct; me — unto me.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Brahmā thought: While I have been engaged in the process of creation, the earth has been inundated by a deluge and has gone down into the depths of the ocean. What can we do who are engaged in this matter of creation? It is best to let the Almighty Lord direct us.

 

3.13.18

ity abhidhyāyato nāsā-

vivarāt sahasānagha

varāha-toko niragād

ańguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ

 

iti — thus; abhidhyāyataḥ — while thinking; nāsā-vivarāt — from the nostrils; sahasā — all of a sudden; anagha — O sinless one; varāha-tokaḥ — a minute form of Varāha (a boar); niragāt — came out; ańguṣṭha — the upper portion of the thumb; parimāṇakaḥ — of the measurement.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahmā was engaged in thinking, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril. The measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.

 

3.13.19

tasyābhipaśyataḥ kha-sthaḥ

kṣaṇena kila bhārata

gaja-mātraḥ pravavṛdhe

tad adbhutam abhūn mahat

 

tasya — his; abhipaśyataḥ — while thus observing; kha-sthaḥ — situated in the sky; kṣaṇena — suddenly; kila — verily; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata; gaja-mātraḥ — just like an elephant; pravavṛdhe — thoroughly expanded; tat — that; adbhutam — extraordinary; abhūt — transformed; mahat — into a gigantic body.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O descendant of Bharata, while Brahmā was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.

 

3.13.20

marīci-pramukhair vipraiḥ

kumārair manunā saha

dṛṣṭvā tat saukaraḿ rūpaḿ

tarkayām āsa citradhā

 

marīci — the great sage Marīci; pramukhaiḥ — headed by; vipraiḥ — all brāhmaṇas; kumāraiḥ — with the four Kumāras; manunā — and with Manu; saha — with; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; tat — that; saukaram — appearance like a boar; rūpam — form; tarkayām āsa — argued among themselves; citradhā — in various ways.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Struck with wonder at observing the wonderful boarlike form in the sky, Brahmā, with great brāhmaṇas like Marīci, as well as the Kumāras and Manu, began to argue in various ways.

 

3.13.21

kim etat sūkara-vyājaḿ

sattvaḿ divyam avasthitam

aho batāścaryam idaḿ

nāsāyā me viniḥsṛtam

 

kim — what; etat — this; sūkara — boar; vyājam — pretension; sattvam — entity; divyam — extraordinary; avasthitam — situated; aho bata — oh, it is; āścaryam — very wonderful; idam — this; nāsāyāḥ — from the nose; me — my; viniḥsṛtam — came out.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Is this some extraordinary entity come in the pretense of a boar? It is very wonderful that He has come from my nose.

 

3.13.22

dṛṣṭo 'ńguṣṭha-śiro-mātraḥ

kṣaṇād gaṇḍa-śilā-samaḥ

api svid bhagavān eṣa

yajño me khedayan manaḥ

 

dṛṣṭaḥ — just seen; ańguṣṭha — thumb; śiraḥ — tip; mātraḥ — only; kṣaṇāt — immediately; gaṇḍa-śilā — large stone; samaḥ — like; api svit — whether; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; eṣaḥ — this; yajñaḥ — Viṣṇu; me — my; khedayan — perturbing; manaḥ — mind.

 

TRANSLATION

 

First of all this boar was seen no bigger than the tip of a thumb, and within a moment He was as large as a stone. My mind is perturbed. Is He the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu?

 

3.13.23

iti mīmāḿsatas tasya

brahmaṇaḥ saha sūnubhiḥ

bhagavān yajña-puruṣo

jagarjāgendra-sannibhaḥ

 

iti — thus; mīmāḿsataḥ — while deliberating; tasya — his; brahmaṇaḥ — of Brahmā; saha — along with; sūnubhiḥ — his sons; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; yajña — Lord Viṣṇu; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Person; jagarja — resounded; aga-indra — great mountain; sannibhaḥ — like.

 

TRANSLATION

 

While Brahmā was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain.

 

3.13.24

brahmāṇaḿ harṣayām āsa

haris tāḿś ca dvijottamān

sva-garjitena kakubhaḥ

pratisvanayatā vibhuḥ

 

brahmāṇam — unto Brahmā; harṣayām āsa — enlivened; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead; tān — all of them; ca — also; dvija-uttamān — highly elevated brāhmaṇas; sva-garjitena — by His uncommon voice; kakubhaḥ — all directions; pratisvanayatā — which echoed; vibhuḥ — the omnipotent.

 

TRANSLATION

 

The omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead enlivened Brahmā and the other highly elevated brāhmaṇas by again roaring with His uncommon voice, which echoed in all directions.

 

3.13.25

niśamya te ghargharitaḿ sva-kheda-

kṣayiṣṇu māyāmaya-sūkarasya

janas-tapaḥ-satya-nivāsinas te

tribhiḥ pavitrair munayo 'gṛṇan sma

 

niśamya — just after hearing; te — those; ghargharitam — the tumultuous sound; sva-kheda — personal lamentation; kṣayiṣṇu — destroying; māyā-maya — all-merciful; sūkarasya — of Lord Boar; janaḥ — the Janaloka planet; tapaḥ — the Tapoloka planet; satya — the Satyaloka planet; nivāsinaḥ — residents; te — all of them; tribhiḥ — from the three Vedas; pavitraiḥ — by the all-auspicious mantras; munayaḥ — great thinkers and sages; agṛṇan sma — chanted.

 

TRANSLATION

 

When the great sages and thinkers who are residents of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka heard the tumultuous voice of Lord Boar, which was the all-auspicious sound of the all-merciful Lord, they chanted auspicious chants from the three Vedas.

 

3.13.26

teṣāḿ satāḿ veda-vitāna-mūrtir

brahmāvadhāryātma-guṇānuvādam

vinadya bhūyo vibudhodayāya

gajendra-līlo jalam āviveśa

 

teṣām — of them; satām — of the great devotees; veda — all knowledge; vitāna-mūrtiḥ — the form of expansion; brahma — Vedic sound; avadhārya — knowing it well; ātma — of Himself; guṇa-anuvādam — transcendental glorification; vinadya — resounding; bhūyaḥ — again; vibudha — of the transcendentally learned; udayāya — for the elevation or benefit; gajendra-līlaḥ — playing like an elephant; jalam — the water; āviveśa — entered.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Playing like an elephant, He entered into the water after roaring again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the object of the Vedic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees' prayers were meant for Him.

 

3.13.27

utkṣipta-vālaḥ kha-caraḥ kaṭhoraḥ

saṭā vidhunvan khara-romaśa-tvak

khurāhatābhraḥ sita-daḿṣṭra īkṣā-

jyotir babhāse bhagavān mahīdhraḥ

 

utkṣipta-vālaḥ — slashing with the tail; kha-caraḥ — in the sky; kaṭhoraḥ — very hard; saṭāḥ — hairs on the shoulder; vidhunvan — quivering; khara — sharp; romaśa-tvak — skin full of hairs; khura-āhata — struck by the hooves; abhraḥ — the clouds; sita-daḿṣṭraḥ — white tusks; īkṣā — glance; jyotiḥ — luminous; babhāse — began to emit an effulgence; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; mahī-dhraḥ — the supporter of the world.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hooves and His glittering white tusks.

 

3.13.28

ghrāṇena pṛthvyāḥ padavīḿ vijighran

kroḍāpadeśaḥ svayam adhvarāńgaḥ

karāla-daḿṣṭro 'py akarāla-dṛgbhyām

udvīkṣya viprān gṛṇato 'viśat kam

 

ghrāṇena — by smelling; pṛthvyāḥ — of the earth; padavīm — situation; vijighran — searching after the earth; kroḍa-apadeśaḥ — assuming the body of a hog; svayam — personally; adhvara — transcendental; ańgaḥ — body; karāla — fearful; daḿṣṭraḥ — teeth (tusks); api — in spite of; akarāla — not fearful; dṛgbhyām — by His glance; udvīkṣya — glancing over; viprān — all the brāhmaṇa- devotees; gṛṇataḥ — who were engaged in prayers; aviśat — entered; kam — the water.

 

TRANSLATION

 

He was personally the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu and was therefore transcendental, yet because He had the body of a hog, He searched after the earth by smell. His tusks were fearful, and He glanced over the devotee-brāhmaṇas engaged in offering prayers. Thus He entered the water.

 

3.13.29

sa vajra-kūṭāńga-nipāta-vega-

viśīrṇa-kukṣiḥ stanayann udanvān

utsṛṣṭa-dīrghormi-bhujair ivārtaś

cukrośa yajñeśvara pāhi meti

 

saḥ — that; vajra-kūṭa-ańga — body like a great mountain; nipāta-vega — the force of diving; viśīrṇa — bifurcating; kukṣiḥ — the middle portion; stanayan — resounding like; udanvān — the ocean; utsṛṣṭa — creating; dīrgha — high; ūrmi — waves; bhujaiḥ — by the arms; iva ārtaḥ — like a distressed person; cukrośa — prayed loudly; yajña-īśvara — O master of all sacrifices; pāhi — please protect; mā — unto me; iti — thus.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Diving into the water like a giant mountain, Lord Boar divided the middle of the ocean, and two high waves appeared as the arms of the ocean, which cried loudly as if praying to the Lord, "O Lord of all sacrifices, please do not cut me in two! Kindly give me protection!"

 

3.13.30

khuraiḥ kṣuraprair darayaḿs tad āpa

utpāra-pāraḿ tri-parū rasāyām

dadarśa gāḿ tatra suṣupsur agre

yāḿ jīva-dhānīḿ svayam abhyadhatta

 

khuraiḥ — by the hooves; kṣurapraiḥ — compared to a sharp weapon; darayan — penetrating; tat — that; āpaḥ — water; utpāra-pāram — found the limitation of the unlimited; tri-paruḥ — the master of all sacrifices; rasāyām — within the water; dadarśa — found; gām — the earth; tatra — there; suṣupsuḥ — lying; agre — in the beginning; yām — whom; jīva-dhānīm — the resting place for all living entities; svayam — personally; abhyadhatta — uplifted.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Lord Boar penetrated the water with His hooves, which were like sharp arrows, and found the limits of the ocean, although it was unlimited. He saw the earth, the resting place for all living beings, lying as it was in the beginning of creation, and He personally lifted it.

 

3.13.31

sva-daḿṣṭrayoddhṛtya mahīḿ nimagnāḿ

sa utthitaḥ saḿruruce rasāyāḥ

tatrāpi daityaḿ gadayāpatantaḿ

sunābha-sandīpita-tīvra-manyuḥ

 

sva-daḿṣṭrayā — by His own tusks; uddhṛtya — raising; mahīm — the earth; nimagnām — submerged; saḥ — He; utthitaḥ — getting up; saḿruruce — appeared very splendid; rasāyāḥ — from the water; tatra — there; api — also; daityam — unto the demon; gadayā — with the club; āpatantam — rushing towards Him; sunābha — the wheel of Kṛṣṇa; sandīpita — glowing; tīvra — fierce; manyuḥ — anger.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Lord Boar very easily took the earth on His tusks and got it out of the water. Thus He appeared very splendid. Then, His anger glowing like the Sudarśana wheel, He immediately killed the demon [Hiraṇyākṣa], although he tried to fight with the Lord.

 

3.13.32

jaghāna rundhānam asahya-vikramaḿ

sa līlayebhaḿ mṛgarāḍ ivāmbhasi

tad-rakta-pańkāńkita-gaṇḍa-tuṇḍo

yathā gajendro jagatīḿ vibhindan

 

jaghāna — killed; rundhānam — the obstructive enemy; asahya — unbearable; vikramam — prowess; saḥ — He; līlayā — easily; ibham — the elephant; mṛga-rāṭ — the lion; iva — like; ambhasi — in the water; tat-rakta — of his blood; pańka-ańkita — smeared by the pool; gaṇḍa — cheeks; tuṇḍaḥ — tongue; yathā — as if; gajendraḥ — the elephant; jagatīm — earth; vibhindan — digging.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant. The cheeks and tongue of the Lord became smeared with the blood of the demon, just as an elephant becomes reddish from digging in the purple earth.

 

3.13.33

tamāla-nīlaḿ sita-danta-koṭyā

kṣmām utkṣipantaḿ gaja-līlayāńga

prajñāya baddhāñjalayo 'nuvākair

viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam

 

tamāla — a blue tree named the tamāla; nīlam — bluish; sita — white; danta — tusks; koṭyā — with the curved edge; kṣmām — the earth; utkṣipantam — while suspending; gaja-līlayā — playing like an elephant; ańga — O Vidura; prajñāya — after knowing it well; baddha — folded; añjalayaḥ — hands; anuvākaiḥ — by Vedic hymns; viriñci — Brahmā; mukhyāḥ — headed by; upatasthuḥ — offered prayers; īśam — unto the Supreme Lord.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Then the Lord, playing like an elephant, suspended the earth on the edge of His curved white tusks. He assumed a bluish complexion like that of a tamāla tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahmā, could understand Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.

 

3.13.34

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ

jitaḿ jitaḿ te 'jita yajña-bhāvana

trayīḿ tanuḿ svāḿ paridhunvate namaḥ

yad-roma-garteṣu nililyur addhayas

tasmai namaḥ kāraṇa-sūkarāya te

 

ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ — the glorified sages uttered; jitam — all glories; jitam — all victories; te — unto You; ajita — O unconquerable one; yajña-bhāvana — one who is understood by performances of sacrifice; trayīm — personified Vedas; tanum — such a body; svām — own; paridhunvate — shaking; namaḥ — all obeisances; yat — whose; roma — hairs; garteṣu — in the holes; nililyuḥ — submerged; addhayaḥ — the oceans; tasmai — unto Him; namaḥ — offering obeisances; kāraṇa-sūkarāya — unto the hog form assumed for reasons; te — unto You.

 

TRANSLATION

 

All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your form of the personified Vedas, and in the hair holes of Your body the oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have now assumed the form of a boar.

 

3.13.35

rūpaḿ tavaitan nanu duṣkṛtātmanāḿ

durdarśanaḿ deva yad adhvarātmakam

chandāḿsi yasya tvaci barhi-romasv

ājyaḿ dṛśi tv ańghriṣu cātur-hotram

 

rūpam — form; tava — Your; etat — this; nanu — but; duṣkṛta-ātmanām — of souls who are simply miscreants; durdarśanam — very difficult to see; deva — O Lord; yat — that; adhvara-ātmakam — worshipable by performances of sacrifice; chandāḿsi — the Gāyatrī mantra and others; yasya — whose; tvaci — touch of the skin; barhiḥ — sacred grass called kuśa; romasu — hairs on the body; ājyam — clarified butter; dṛśi — in the eyes; tu — also; ańghriṣu — on the four legs; cātuḥ-hotram — four kinds of fruitive activities.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, Your form is worshipable by performances of sacrifice, but souls who are simply miscreants are unable to see it. All the Vedic hymns, Gāyatrī and others, are in the touch of Your skin. In Your bodily hairs is the kuśa grass, in Your eyes is the clarified butter, and in Your four legs are the four kinds of fruitive activities.

 

3.13.36

srak tuṇḍa āsīt sruva īśa nāsayor

iḍodare camasāḥ karṇa-randhre

prāśitram āsye grasane grahās tu te

yac carvaṇaḿ te bhagavann agni-hotram

 

srak — the plate for sacrifice; tuṇḍe — on the tongue; āsīt — there is; sruvaḥ — another plate for sacrifice; īśa — O Lord; nāsayoḥ — of the nostrils; iḍā — the plate for eating; udare — in the belly; camasāḥ — another plate for sacrifices; karṇa-randhre — in the holes of the ears; prāśitram — the plate called the Brahmā plate; āsye — in the mouth; grasane — in the throat; grahāḥ — the plates known as soma plates; tu — but; te — Your; yat — that which; carvaṇam — chewing; te — Your; bhagavan — O my Lord; agni-hotram — is Your eating through Your sacrificial fire.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, Your tongue is a plate of sacrifice, Your nostril is another plate of sacrifice, in Your belly is the eating plate of sacrifice, and another plate of sacrifice is the holes of Your ears. In Your mouth is the Brahmā plate of sacrifice, Your throat is the plate of sacrifice known as soma, and whatever You chew is known as agni-hotra.

 

3.13.37

dīkṣānujanmopasadaḥ śirodharaḿ

tvaḿ prāyaṇīyodayanīya-daḿṣṭraḥ

jihvā pravargyas tava śīrṣakaḿ kratoḥ

satyāvasathyaḿ citayo 'savo hi te

 

dīkṣā — initiation; anujanma — spiritual birth, or repeated incarnations; upasadaḥ — three kinds of desires (relationship, activities and ultimate goal); śiraḥ-dharam — the neck; tvam — You; prāyaṇīya — after the result of initiation; udayanīya — the last rites of desires; daḿṣṭraḥ — the tusks; jihvā — the tongue; pravargyaḥ — prior activities; tava — Your; śīrṣakam — head; kratoḥ — of the sacrifice; satya — fire without sacrifice; āvasathyam — fire of worship; citayaḥ — aggregate of all desires; asavaḥ — life breath; hi — certainly; te — Your.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Moreover, O Lord, the repetition of Your appearance is the desire for all kinds of initiation. Your neck is the place for three desires, and Your tusks are the result of initiation and the end of all desires. Your tongue is the prior activities of initiation, Your head is the fire without sacrifice as well as the fire of worship, and Your living forces are the aggregate of all desires.

 

3.13.38

somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ

saḿsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ

satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis

tvaḿ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ

 

somaḥ tu retaḥ — Your semen is the sacrifice called soma; savanāni — ritualistic performances of the morning; avasthitiḥ — different statuses of bodily growth; saḿsthā-vibhedāḥ — seven varieties of sacrifices; tava — Your; deva — O Lord; dhātavaḥ — ingredients of the body such as skin and flesh; satrāṇi — sacrifices performed over twelve days; sarvāṇi — all of them; śarīra — the bodily; sandhiḥ — joints; tvam — Your Lordship; sarva — all; yajña — asoma sacrifices; kratuḥ — soma sacrifices; iṣṭi — the ultimate desire; bandhanaḥ — attachment.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, Your semen is the sacrifice called soma-yajña. Your growth is the ritualistic performances of the morning. Your skin and touch sensations are the seven elements of the agniṣṭoma sacrifice. Your bodily joints are symbols of various other sacrifices performed in twelve days. Therefore You are the object of all sacrifices called soma and asoma, and You are bound by yajñas only.

 

 3.13.39

namo namas te 'khila-mantra-devatā-

dravyāya sarva-kratave kriyātmane

vairāgya-bhaktyātmajayānubhāvita-

jñānāya vidyā-gurave namo namaḥ

 

namaḥ namaḥ — obeisances unto You; te — unto You, who are worshipable; akhila — all-inclusive; mantra — hymns; devatā — the Supreme Lord; dravyāya — unto all ingredients for performing sacrifices; sarva-kratave — unto all kinds of sacrifices; kriyā-ātmane — unto You, the supreme form of all sacrifices; vairāgya — renunciation; bhaktyā — by devotional service; ātma-jaya-anubhāvita — perceivable by conquering the mind; jñānāya — such knowledge; vidyā-gurave — the supreme spiritual master of all knowledge; namaḥ namaḥ — again I offer my respectful obeisances.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are worshipable by universal prayers, Vedic hymns and sacrificial ingredients. We offer our obeisances unto You. You can be realized by the pure mind freed from all visible and invisible material contamination. We offer our respectful obeisances to You as the supreme spiritual master of knowledge in devotional service.

 

3.13.40

daḿṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaḿs tvayā dhṛtā

virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā

yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā

matań-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī

 

daḿṣṭra-agra — the tips of the tusks; koṭyā — by the edges; bhagavan — O Personality of Godhead; tvayā — by You; dhṛtā — sustained; virājate — is so beautifully situated; bhū-dhara — O lifter of the earth; bhūḥ — the earth; sa-bhūdharā — with mountains; yathā — as much as; vanāt — from the water; niḥsarataḥ — coming out; datā — by the tusk; dhṛtā — captured; matam-gajendrasya — infuriated elephant; sa-patra — with leaves; padminī — the lotus flower.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O lifter of the earth, the earth with its mountains, which You have lifted with Your tusks, is situated as beautifully as a lotus flower with leaves sustained by an infuriated elephant just coming out of the water.

 

3.13.41

trayīmayaḿ rūpam idaḿ ca saukaraḿ

bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te

cakāsti śṛńgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā

kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ

 

trayī-mayam — Vedas personified; rūpam — form; idam — this; ca — also; saukaram — the boar; bhū-maṇḍalena — by the earth planet; atha — now; datā — by the tusk; dhṛtena — sustained by; te — Your; cakāsti — is glowing; śṛńga-ūḍha — sustained by the peaks; ghanena — by the clouds; bhūyasā — more glorified; kula-acala-indrasya — of the great mountains; yathā — as much as; eva — certainly; vibhramaḥ — decoration.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.

 

3.13.42

saḿsthāpayaināḿ jagatāḿ sa-tasthuṣāḿ

lokāya patnīm asi mātaraḿ pitā

vidhema cāsyai namasā saha tvayā

yasyāḿ sva-tejo 'gnim ivāraṇāv adhāḥ

SYNONYMS

saḿsthāpaya enām — raise this earth; jagatām — both the moving and; sa-tasthuṣām — nonmoving; lokāya — for their residence; patnīm — wife; asi — You are; mātaram — the mother; pitā — the father; vidhema — do we offer; ca — also; asyai — unto the mother; namasā — with all obeisances; saha — along with; tvayā — with You; yasyām — in whom; sva-tejaḥ — by Your own potency; agnim — fire; iva — likened; araṇau — in the araṇi wood; adhāḥ — invested.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, for the residential purposes of all inhabitants, both moving and nonmoving, this earth is Your wife, and You are the supreme father. We offer our respectful obeisances unto You, along with mother earth, in whom You have invested Your own potency, just as an expert sacrificer puts fire in the araṇi wood.

 

3.13.43

kaḥ śraddadhītānyatamas tava prabho

rasāḿ gatāyā bhuva udvibarhaṇam

na vismayo 'sau tvayi viśva-vismaye

yo māyayedaḿ sasṛje 'tivismayam

 

kaḥ — who else; śraddadhīta — can endeavor; anyatamaḥ — anyone besides Yourself; tava — Your; prabho — O Lord; rasām — in the water; gatāyāḥ — while lying in; bhuvaḥ — of the earth; udvibarhaṇam — deliverance; na — never; vismayaḥ — wonderful; asau — such an act; tvayi — unto You; viśva — universal; vismaye — full of wonders; yaḥ — one who; māyayā — by potencies; idam — this; sasṛje — created; ativismayam — surpassing all wonders.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Who else but You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could deliver the earth from within the water? It is not very wonderful for You, however, because You acted most wonderfully in the creation of the universe. By Your energy You have created this wonderful cosmic manifestation.

 

3.13.44

vidhunvatā vedamayaḿ nijaḿ vapur

janas-tapaḥ-satya-nivāsino vayam

saṭā-śikhoddhūta-śivāmbu-bindubhir

vimṛjyamānā bhṛśam īśa pāvitāḥ

 

vidhunvatā — while shaking; veda-mayam — personified Vedas; nijam — own; vapuḥ — body; janaḥ — the Janaloka planetary system; tapaḥ — the Tapoloka planetary system; satya — the Satyaloka planetary system; nivāsinaḥ — the inhabitants; vayam — we; saṭā — hairs on the shoulder; śikha-uddhūta — sustained by the tip of the hair; śiva — auspicious; ambu — water; bindubhiḥ — by the particles; vimṛjyamānāḥ — we are thus sprinkled by; bhṛśam — highly; īśa — O Supreme Lord; pāvitāḥ — purified.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Supreme Lord, undoubtedly we are inhabitants of the most pious planets — the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas — but still we have been purified by the drops of water sprinkled from Your shoulder hairs by the shaking of Your body.

 

3.13.45

sa vai bata bhraṣṭa-matis tavaiṣate

yaḥ karmaṇāḿ pāram apāra-karmaṇaḥ

yad-yogamāyā-guṇa-yoga-mohitaḿ

viśvaḿ samastaḿ bhagavan vidhehi śam

 

saḥ — he; vai — certainly; bata — alas; bhraṣṭa-matiḥ — nonsense; tava — Your; eṣate — desires; yaḥ — one who; karmaṇām — of activities; pāram — limit; apāra-karmaṇaḥ — of one who has unlimited activities; yat — by whom; yoga — mystic power; māyā — potency; guṇa — modes of material nature; yoga — mystic power; mohitam — bewildered; viśvam — the universe; samastam — in total; bhagavan — O Supreme Personality of Godhead; vidhehi — just be pleased to bestow; śam — good fortune.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.

 

3.13.46

maitreya uvāca

ity upasthīyamāno 'sau

munibhir brahma-vādibhiḥ

salile sva-khurākrānta

upādhattāvitāvanim

 

maitreyaḥ uvāca — the sage Maitreya said; iti — thus; upasthīyamānaḥ — being praised by; asau — Lord Boar; munibhiḥ — by the great sages; brahma-vādibhiḥ — by the transcendentalists; salile — on the water; sva-khura-ākrānte — touched by His own hooves; upādhatta — placed; avitā — the maintainer; avanim — the earth.

 

TRANSLATION