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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 13]
PURPORT
The fortune of the earth planet is praised because of its being specifically sustained by the Lord; its beauty is appreciated and compared to that of a lotus flower situated on the trunk of an elephant. As a lotus flower with leaves is very beautifully situated, so the world, with its many beautiful mountains, appeared on the tusks of the Lord Boar.
TEXT 41
त्रयीमयं रूपमिदं च सौकरं भूमण्डलेनाथ दत्ता धृतेन ते । चकास्ति शृङ्गोदधनेन भूयसा कुलाचलेन्द्रस्य यथैव विभ्रमः ॥४१॥
trayīmayaṁ rūpam idaṁ ca saukaraṁ bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te cakāsti śṛṅgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ
trayīmayam—Vedas personified; rūpam—form; idam—this; ca—also; saukaram—the boar; bhū-maṇḍalena—by the earth planet; atha—now; datā—by the tusk; dhṛtena—sustained by; te—Your; cakāsti—is glowing; śṛṅgoḍha—sustained by the peaks; ghanena—by the clouds; bhūyasā—more glorified; kula-acalendrasya—of the great mountains; yathā—as much as; eva—certainly; vibhramaḥ—decoration.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.
PURPORT
The word  vibhramaḥ  is significant.  Vibhramaḥ  means illusion as well as beauty. When a cloud rests on the peak of a great mountain, it appears to be sustained by the mountain, and at the same time it looks very beautiful. Similarly, the Lord has no need to sustain the earth on His tusks, but when He does so the world becomes beautiful, just as the Lord becomes more beautiful because of His pure devotees on the earth. Although the Lord is the transcendental personification of the Vedic hymns, He has become more beautiful because of His appearance to sustain the earth.