Text 19]
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
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TEXT 18
इत्यभिध्यायतो नासाविवरात्सहसानघ । वराहतोको निरगादङ्गुष्ठपरिभाणकः ॥१८॥
ity abhidhyāyato nāsā- vivarāt sahasānagha varāhatoko niragād aṅguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ
iti—thus; abhidhyāyataḥ—while thinking; nāsā-vivarāt—from the nostrils; sahasā—all of a sudden; anagha—O sinless one; varāhatokaḥ—a minute form of Varāha (a boar); niragāt—came out; aṅguṣṭha—upper portion of the thumb; parimāṇakaḥ—of the measurement.
TRANSLATION
O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahmā was engaged in thinking, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril, and the measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.
TEXT 19
तस्याभिपश्यतः खस्यः क्षणेन किल भारत । गजमात्रः प्रवृधे तददुभुतमभून्महत् ॥१९॥
tasyābhipaśyataḥ khasthaḥ kṣaṇena kila bhārata gajamātraḥ pravavṛdhe tad adbhutam abhūn mahat
tasya—his; abhipaśyataḥ—while thus observing; khasthaḥ—situated in the sky; kṣaṇena—suddenly; kila—verily; bhārata—O descendant of Bhārata; gajamātraḥ—just like an elephant; pravavṛdhe—thoroughly expanded; tat—that; adbhutam—extraordinary; abhūt—transformed; mahat—into a gigantic body.
TRANSLATION
O descendant of Bharata, while Brahmā was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.