Text 27]
The Appearance of Lord Varāha
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therefore pleased when such Vedic  mantras  were chanted, and to encourage His pure devotees, He roared once more and entered the water to rescue the submerged earth.
TEXT 27
उत्क्षिप्तवालः खचरः कठोरः
सटा विधुन्वन् खररोमशत्वक् ।
खुराहताभ्रः सितदंष्ट्र ईक्षा-
ज्योतिर्बभासे भगवान्महीभ्रः ॥२७॥
utkṣipta-vālaḥ khacaraḥ kaṭhoraḥ saṭā vidhunvan khara-romaśa-tvak khurāhatābhraḥ sita-damṣṭra īkṣā- jyotir babhāse bhagavān mahīdhraḥ
utkṣipta-vālaḥ—slashing with the tail; khacaraḥ—in the sky; kaṭhoraḥ—very hard; saṭāḥ—hairs on the shoulder; vidhunvan—quivering; khara—sharp; romaśa-tvak—skin full of hairs; khura-āhata—struck by the hoofs; abhraḥ—the clouds; sita-damṣṭraḥ—white tusks; īkṣā—glance; jyotiḥ—luminous; babhāse—began to emit an effulgence; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; mahīdhraḥ—the supporter of the world.
TRANSLATION
Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hoofs and His glittering white tusks.
PURPORT
When the Lord is offered prayers by His devotees, His transcendental activities are described. Here are some of the transcendental features of Lord Boar. As the residents of the upper three planetary systems offered their prayers to the Lord, it is understood that His body expanded throughout the sky, beginning from the topmost planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka. It is stated in the  Brahma-samhitā  that His eyes are the sun and the moon; therefore His very glance over the sky was as illuminating as the sun or the moon. The Lord is described herein as  mahīdhraḥ , which means either a big mountain or the sustainer of the earth. In other words, the Lord's body was as big and hard as the Himalayan Mountains, otherwise how was it