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Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

Verse 22 of 50
SB 3.13.22

दृष्टो ऽंगुष्ठशिरोमात्रः क्षणाद्गण्डशिलासमः अपि स्विद्भगवानेष यज्ञो मे खेदयन्मनः

dṛṣṭo 'ṅguṣṭha-śiro-mātraḥ kṣaṇād gaṇḍa-śilāsamaḥ api svid bhagavān eṣa yajño me khedayan manaḥ

Synonyms

dṛṣṭaḥjust seen; aṅguṣṭhathumb; śiraḥtip; mātraḥonly; kṣaṇātimmediately; gaṇḍa-śilālarge stone; samaḥlike; api svitwhether; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead; eṣaḥthis; yajñaḥViṣṇu; memy; khedayanperturbing; manaḥmind..

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?

Purport

Since Brahmā is the supermost person in the universe and he had never before experienced such a form, he could guess that the wonderful appearance of the boar was an incarnation of Viṣṇu. The uncommon features symptomatic of the incarnation of Godhead bewilder even the mind of Brahmā.

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