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Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

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SB 3.13.18

इत्यभिध्यायतो नासा विवरात्सहसानघ वराहतोको निरगादंगुष्ठपरिमाणकः

ity abhidhyāyato nāsā- vivarāt sahasānagha varāhatoko niragād aṅguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ

Synonyms

itithus; abhidhyāyataḥwhile thinking; nāsā-vivarātfrom the nostrils; sahasāall of a sudden; anaghaO sinless one; varāhatokaḥa minute form of Varāha (a boar); niragātcame out; aṅguṣṭhaupper portion of the thumb; parimāṇakaḥof 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, and the measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.

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