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Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

Verse 18 of 50
SB 3.13.18

इत्यभिध्यायतो नासा विवरात्सहसानघ वराहतोको निरगादंगुष्ठपरिमाणकः

ity abhidhyāyato nāsā- vivarāt sahasānagha varāhatoko niragād aṅguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ

Synonyms

iti—thus; abhidhyāyataḥ—while thinking; nāsā-vivarāt—from the nostrils; sahasā—all of a sudden; anagha—O sinless one; varāhatokaḥ—a minute form of Varāha (a boar); niragāt—came out; aṅguṣṭha—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, and the measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.

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