Text 62]
Brahmā Stealing the Boys and Calves
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tities everywhere. Thus it is the folly of the scientists that although they do not know anything, they mislead people by presenting themselves as scientists, philosophers and men of knowledge.
TEXT 62
दृष्ट्वा त्वरेण निजधोरणतोऽवतीर्य पृथ्व्यां वपुः कनकदण्डमिवाभिपात्य । स्पृष्ट्वा चतुर्मुक्तकोटिभिरङ्घ्रियुग्मं नत्वा मुद्भुसुजलैरकृताभिषेकम् ॥६२॥
dṛṣṭvā tvareṇa nija-dhoraṇato 'vatīrya pṛthvyām vapuḥ kanaka-daṇḍam ivābhipātya spṛṣṭvā catur-mukuṭa-koṭibhir aṅghri-yugmaṁ natvā mud-aśru-sujalair akṛtābhiṣekam
dṛṣṭvā—after seeing; tvareṇa—with great speed, hastily; nija-dhoraṇataḥ—from his swan carrier; avatīrya—descended; pṛthvyām—on the ground; vapuḥ—his body; kanaka-daṇḍam iva—like a golden rod; abhipātya—fell down; spṛṣṭvā—touching; catuḥ-mukuṭa-koṭibhiḥ—with the tips of his four crowns; aṅghri-yugmam—the two lotus feet; natvā—making obeisances; mut-aśru-su-jalaiḥ—with the water of his tears of joy; akṛta—performed; abhiṣekam—the ceremony of bathing His lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
After seeing this, Lord Brahmā hastily got down from his swan carrier, fell down like a golden rod and touched the lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa with the tips of the four crowns on his heads. Offering his obeisances, he bathed the feet of Kṛṣṇa with the water of his tears of joy.
PURPORT
Lord Brahmā bowed down like a stick, and because Lord Brahmā's complexion is golden, he appeared to be like a golden stick lying down before Lord Kṛṣṇa. When one falls down before a superior just like a stick, one's offering of obeisances is called  daṇḍavat .  Daṇḍa  means