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Chapter 9: Answers by Citing the Lord's Version

Verse 16 of 46
SB 2.9.16

भृत्यप्रसादाभिमुखं दृगासवं प्रसन्नहासारुणलोचनाननम् किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं चतुर्भुजं पीतांशुकं वक्षसि लक्षितं श्रिया

bhṛtya-prasādābhimukhaṁ dṛg-āsavaṁ prasanna-hāsāruṇa-locanānanam kirīṭinaṁ kuṇḍalinaṁ catur-bhujaṁ pītāṁ-śukaṁ vakṣasi lakṣitaṁ śriyā

Synonyms

bhṛtyathe servitor; prasādaaffection; abhimukhamfavorably facing; dṛkthe very sight; āsavaman intoxication; prasannavery much pleased; hāsasmile; aruṇareddish; locanaeyes; ānanamface; kirīṭinamwith helmet; kuṇḍalinamwith earrings; catuḥ-bhujamwith four hands; pītāmyellow; śukamdress; vakṣasion the chest; lakṣitammarked with; śriyāthe goddess of fortune..

Translation

The Personality of Godhead, seen leaning favorably towards His loving servitors, His very sight intoxicating and attractive, appeared to be very much satisfied. He had a smiling face decorated with an enchanting reddish hue. He was dressed in yellow robes and wore earrings and a helmet on his head. He had four hands, and His chest was marked with the lines of the goddess of fortune.

Purport

In the Pādma Purāṇa, Uttara-khaṇḍa, there is a full description of the yoga-pīṭha or the particular place where the Lord is in audience to His eternal devotees. In that yoga-pīṭha, the personifications of religiousness, knowledge, opulence, and renunciation are all seated at the lotus feet of the Lord. The four Vedas, namely Ṛk, Sāma, Yajus, and Atharva, are present there personally to advise the Lord. The sixteen energies headed by Caṇḍa are all present there. Caṇḍa and Kūmuda are the two first doorkeepers, and at the middle door there are the doorkeepers named Bhadra and Subhadra, and at the last door there are Jaya and Vijaya. There are other doorkeepers also, named Kūmuda, Kumudākṣa, Puṇḍarīka, Vāmana, Śaṅkukarṇa, Sarvanetra, Sumukha, etc. The palace is well decorated and protected by the above-mentioned doorkeepers.

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