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Chapter 13: The Appearance of Lord Varāha

Verse 31 of 50
SB 3.13.31

स्वदंष्ट्रयोद्धृत्य महीं निमग्नां स उत्थितः संरुरुचे रसायाः तत्रापि दैत्यं गदया "पतन्तं सुनाभसन्दीपिततीव्रमन्युः

sva-daṁṣṭrayoddhṛtya mahīṁ nimagnāṁ sa utthitaḥ saṁruruce rasāyāḥ tatrāpi daityaṁ gadayā "patantaṁ sunābha-sandīpita-tīvra-manyuḥ

Synonyms

sva-daṁṣṭrayāby His own tusks; uddhṛtyaraising; mahīmthe earth; nimagnāmsubmerged; saḥHe; utthitaḥgetting up; saṁruruceappeared very splendid; rasāyāḥfrom the water; tatrathere; apialso; daityamunto the demon; gadayāwith the club; āpatantamrushing towards Him; sunābhathe wheel of Kṛṣṇa; sandīpitaglowing; tīvrafierce; manyuḥanger..

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.

Purport

According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the Vedic literatures describe the incarnation of Lord Varāha (Boar) in two different devastations, namely the Cākṣuṣa devastation and the Svāyambhuva devastation. This particular appearance of the boar incarnation actually took place in the Svāyambhuva devastation, when all planets other than the higher ones—Jana, Mahar and Satya—merged in the water of devastation. This particular incarnation of the boar was seen by the inhabitants of the planets mentioned above. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī suggests that the sage Maitreya amalgamated both the boar incarnations in different devastations and summarized them in his description to Vidura.

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