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The Birth of Lord Krṣṇa
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tam adbhutam bālakam ambujekṣaṇam catur-bhujam śaṅkha-gadādy-udāyudham śrīvatsa-lakṣmam gala-śobhi-kaustubham pītāmbaram sāndra-payoda-saubhagam
mahārha-vaidūrya-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala- tviṣā pariṣvakta-sahasra-kuntalam uddāma-kāñcy-aṅgada-kaṅkaṇādibhir virocamānam vasudeva aikṣata
tam—that; adbhutam—wonderful; bālakam—child; ambuja-īkṣa- ṇam—with eyes resembling lotuses; catuḥ-bhujam—with four hands; śaṅkha-gadā-ādi—bearing a conchshell, club, disc and lotus (in those four hands); udāyudham—different weapons; śrīvatsa-lakṣmam—deco- rated with a particular type of hair called Śrīvatsa, which is visible only on the chest of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; gala-śobhi- kaustubham—on His neck was the Kaustubha gem, which is particularly available in Vaikuṇṭhaloka; pīta-ambaram—His garments were yellow; sāndra-payoda-saubhagam—very beautiful, being present with the hue of blackish clouds; mahā-arha-vaidūrya-kirīṭa-kuṇḍala—of His helmet and earrings, which were studded with very valuable Vaidūrya gems; tviṣā—by the beauty; pariṣvakta-sahasra-kuntalam—brilliantly illumi- nated by scattered, fully grown hair; uddāma-kāñcī-aṅgada-kaṅkaṇa- ādibhiḥ—with a brilliant belt on His waist, armbands on His arms, bracelets on His wrists, etc.; virocamānam—very beautifully decorated; vasudevaḥ—Vasudeva, the father of Krṣṇa; aikṣata—saw.
TRANSLATION
Vasudeva then saw the newborn child, who had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and who bore in His four hands the four weapons śaṅkha, cakra, gadā and padma. On His chest was the mark of Śrīvatsa and on His neck the brilliant Kaustubha gem. Dressed in yellow, His body blackish like a dense cloud, His scattered hair fully grown, and His helmet and earrings sparkling uncommonly with the valuable gem Vaidūrya, the child, decorated with a brilliant belt, armlets, bangles and other ornaments, appeared very wonderful.