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Chapter 9: Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura

Verse 29–30 of 49
SB 6.9.29-30

आत्मतुल्यैः षोडशभिर्विना श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभौ पर्युपासितमुन्निद्र शरदम्बुरुहेक्षणम् दृष्ट्वा तमवनौ सर्व ईक्षणाह्लादविक्लवाः दण्डवत्पतिता राजञ्छनैरुत्थाय तुष्टुवुः

ātma-tulyaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhir vinā śrīvatsa-kaustubhau paryupāsitam unnidra- śarad-amburuhekṣaṇam dṛṣṭvā tam avanau sarva īkṣaṇāhlāda-viklavāḥ daṇḍavat patitā rājañ chanair utthāya tuṣṭuvuḥ

Synonyms

ātma-tulyaiḥalmost equal to Himself; ṣoḍaśabhiḥby sixteen (servants); vināwithout; śrīvatsa-kaustubhauthe Śrīvatsa mark and Kaustubha jewel; paryupāsitambeing attended on all sides; unnidrablooming; śaratof the autumn; amburuhalike lotus flowers; īkṣaṇamhaving eyes; dṛṣṭvāseeing; tamHim (the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa); avanauon the ground; sarveall of them; īkṣaṇafrom directly seeing; āhlādawith happiness; viklavāḥbeing overwhelmed; daṇḍa-vatlike a stick; patitāḥfell; rājanO King; śanaiḥslowly; utthāyastanding up; tuṣṭuvuḥoffered prayers..

Translation

Surrounding and serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, were sixteen personal attendants, decorated with ornaments and appearing exactly like Him but without the mark of Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha jewel. O King, when all the demigods saw the Supreme Lord in that posture, smiling with eyes like the petals of lotuses grown in autumn, they were overwhelmed with happiness and immediately fell down like rods, offering daṇḍavats. Then they slowly rose and pleased the Lord by offering Him prayers.

Purport

In Vaikuṇṭhaloka the Supreme Personality of Godhead has four hands and decorations like the Śrīvatsa mark on His chest and the gem known as Kaustubha. These are special indications of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord's personal attendants and other devotees in Vaikuṇṭha have the same features, except for the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha gem.

Verse 29–30 of 49
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