Text 23]
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
503
dṛṣṭo 'ṅguṣṭha-śiro-mātraḥ kṣaṇād gaṇḍa-śilāsamaḥ api svid bhagavān eṣa yajño me khedayan manaḥ
dṛṣṭaḥ—just seen; aṅguṣṭha—thumb; śiraḥ—tip; mātraḥ—only; kṣaṇāt—immediately; gaṇḍa-śilā—large stone; samaḥ—like; api svit—whether; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; eṣaḥ—this; yajñaḥ—Viṣṇu; me—my; khedayan—perturbing; manaḥ—mind.
TRANSLATION
First of all this boar was seen no bigger than the tip of a thumb, and within a moment He was as large as a stone. My mind is perturbed. Is He the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu?
PURPORT
Since Brahmā is the supermost person in the universe and he had never before experienced such a form, he could guess that the wonderful appearance of the boar was an incarnation of Viṣṇu. The uncommon features symptomatic of the incarnation of Godhead bewilder even the mind of Brahmā.
TEXT 23
इति मीमांसतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः सह मनुभिः । मगवान् यज्ञपुरुषो जगजगिन्द्रसन्निभः ॥२३॥
iti mīmāmsatas tasya brahmaṇaḥ saha sūnubhiḥ bhagavān yajña-puruṣo jagarjāgendra-sannibhaḥ
iti—thus; mīmāmsataḥ—while deliberating; tasya—his; brahmaṇaḥ—of Brahmā; saha—along with; sūnubhiḥ—his sons; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; yajña—Lord Viṣṇu; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Person; jagarja—resounded; agendra—great mountain; sannibhaḥ—like.
TRANSLATION
While Brahmā was deliberating with his sons, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, roared tumultuously like a great mountain.