Text 9] Birth of Emperor Pariksit 617
TEXT 9
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areragae «—- AAHTAH SAT |
grad Tarraraa: arateay |
qaaageae AAT Tet we: 8 I
srimad-dirgha-catur-bahum
tapta-kdicana-kundalam
ksatajaksam gada-panim
atmanah sarvato digam
paribhramantam ulkabham
bhramayantam gadam muhuh
§rimat—enriched; dirgha—prolonged; catur-bahum—four-handed; tapta-
kaicana—molten gold; kundalam—earrings; ksataja-aksam—eyes with the
redness of blood; gada-panim—hand with a club; dtmanah—own; sarvatah—
all; disam—around; paribhramantam—loitering; ulkabham—like shooting
stars; bhramayantam—encircling; gadam—the club; muhuh—constantly.
TRANSLATION
The Lord was enriched with four hands, earrings of molten gold and
eyes blood red with fury. As He loitered about, His club constantly en-
circled Him like a shooting star.
PURPORT
It is said in the Brahma-samhita (Ch. V) that the Supreme Lord Govinda
by His one plenary portion enters into the halo of the universe and dis-
tributes himself as Paramatma, or the Supersoul, not only within the heart
of every living being, but also within every atom of the material elements.
Thus the Lord is all-pervading by His inconceivable potency, and thus He
entered the womb of Uttara to save His beloved devotee Maharaja Pariksit.
In the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 9.13) the Lord assured everyone that His devotees
are never to be vanquished. No one can kill a devotee of the Lord because
he is protected by the Lord, and no one can save a person whom the Lord
desires to kill. The Lord is all-powerful, and therefore He can both save
and kill as He likes. He became visible to His devotee Maharaja Pariksit
