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Chapter 15: King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation

Verse 16 of 25
SB 4.15.16

ब्रह्मा ब्रह्ममयं वर्म भारती हारमुत्तमम् हरिः सुदर्शनं चक्रं तत्पत्न्यव्याहतां श्रियम्

brahmā brahmamayaṁ varma bhāratī hāram uttamam hariḥ sudarśanaṁ cakraṁ tat-patny avyāhatāṁ śriyam

Synonyms

brahmāLord Brahmā; brahma-mayammade of spiritual knowledge; varmaarmor; bhāratīthe goddess of learning; hāramnecklace; uttamamtranscendental; hariḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; sudarśanam cakramSudarśana disc; tat-patnīHis wife (Lakṣmī); avyāhatāmimperishable; śriyambeauty and opulence..

Translation

Lord Brahmā presented King Pṛthu a protective garment made of spiritual knowledge. Bhāratī [Sarasvatī], the wife of Brahmā, gave him a transcendental necklace. Lord Viṣṇu presented him a Sudarśana disc, and Lord Viṣṇu's wife, the goddess of fortune, gave him imperishable opulences.

Purport

All the demigods presented various gifts to King Pṛthu. Hari, an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead known as Upendra in the heavenly planet, presented the King with a Sudarśana disc. It should be understood that this Sudarśana disc is not exactly the same type of Sudarśana disc used by the Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu. Since Mahārāja Pṛthu was a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's power, the Sudarśana disc given to him represented the partial power of the original Sudarśana disc.

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