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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 12]
tatrānu deva-pravarau catur-bhujau śyāmau kiśorāv aruṇāmbujekṣaṇau sthitāv avaṣṭabhya gadām suvāsasau kirīṭa-hārāṅgada-cāru-kuṇḍalau
tatra—there; anu—then; deva-pravarau—two very beautiful demigods; catuḥ-bhujau—with four arms; śyāmau—blackish; kiśorau—quite young; aruṇa—reddish; ambuja—lotus flower; īkṣaṇau—with eyes; sthitau—situated; avaṣṭabhya—holding; gadām—clubs; su-vāsasau—with nice garments; kirīṭa—helmets; hāra—necklaces; aṅgada—bracelets; cāru—beautiful; kuṇḍalau—with earrings.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja saw two very beautiful associates of Lord Viṣṇu in the plane. They had four hands and a blackish bodily luster; they were very youthful, and their eyes were just like reddish lotus flowers. They held clubs in their hands, and they were dressed in very attractive garments with helmets and were decorated with necklaces, bracelets and earrings.
PURPORT
The inhabitants of Viṣṇuloka are of the same bodily feature as Lord Viṣṇu, and they also hold club, conchshell, lotus flower and disc. In this verse it is distinctly stated that they had four hands and were nicely dressed; the description of their bodily decorations corresponds exactly to that of Viṣṇu. So the two uncommon personalities who descended from the air-plane came directly from Viṣṇuloka, or the planet where Lord Viṣṇu lives.
TEXT 21
विज्ञाय तात्रुत्तमगायकिङ्करा-
वभ्युत्थितः साध्वसविस्मृतक्रमः ।
ननाम नामानि गृणन्मधुद्विषः
पार्षत्रधानाविति संहताञ्जलिः ॥२१॥
vijñāya tāv uttamagāya-kiṅkarāv abhyutthitaḥ sādhvasa-vismṛta-kramaḥ nanāma nāmāni gṛṇan madhu-dviṣaḥ pārṣat-pradhānāv iti saṁhatāñjaliḥ
vijñāya—after understanding; tau—them; uttama-gāya—of Lord Viṣṇu (of excellent renown); kiṅkarau—two servants; abhyutthitaḥ—stood up; sādhvasa—by being puzzled; vismṛta—forgot; kramaḥ—proper behavior; nanāma—