Text 9]
Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
617
TEXT 9
श्रीमद्दीर्घचतुर्बाहुं तप्तकाञ्चनकुण्डलम् । 
  क्षतजाक्षं गदापाणिमात्मनः सवंतोदिशम् । 
  परिभ्रमन्तमुल्काभां भ्रामयन्तं गदां मुहुः ॥ ९ ॥
śrīmad-dīrgha-catur-bāhum 
  tapta-kāñcana-kuṇḍalam 
  kṣatajākṣam gadā-pāṇim 
  ātmanaḥ sarvato diśam 
  paribhramantam ulkābhām 
  bhrāmayantam gadām muhuḥ
śrīmat—enriched; dīrgha—prolonged; catur-bāhum—four-handed; tapta-kāñcana—molten gold; kuṇḍalam—earrings; kṣataja-akṣam—eyes with the redness of blood; gadā-pāṇim—hand with a club; ātmanaḥ—own; sarvataḥ—all; diśam—around; paribhramantam—loitering; ulkābhām—like shooting stars; bhrāmayantam—encircling; gadām—the club; muhuḥ—constantly.
TRANSLATION
The Lord was enriched with four hands, earrings of molten gold and eyes blood red with fury. As He loitered about, His club constantly encircled Him like a shooting star.
PURPORT
It is said in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (Ch. V) that the Supreme Lord Govinda by His one plenary portion enters into the halo of the universe and distributes himself as Paramātmā, or the Supersoul, not only within the heart of every living being, but also within every atom of the material elements. Thus the Lord is all-pervading by His inconceivable potency, and thus He entered the womb of Uttarā to save His beloved devotee Mahārāja Parīkṣit. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 9.13) the Lord assured everyone that His devotees are never to be vanquished. No one can kill a devotee of the Lord because he is protected by the Lord, and no one can save a person whom the Lord desires to kill. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He can both save and kill as He likes. He became visible to His devotee Mahārāja Parīkṣit