260 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
adrstvanyatamam loke
Silaudaérya-gunaih samam
aham suto vam abhavam
prsnigarbha iti srutah
adrstvé —not finding; anyatamam—anyone else; loke—in this world;
Sila-auddrya-gunaih—with the transcendental ‘qualities of good char-
acter and magnanimity; samam—equal to you; aham—I; sutah—the
son; vadm—of both of you; abhavam—became; prsni-garbhah—cele-
brated as born of Préni; iti—thus; srutah—I am known.
TRANSLATION
Since I found no one else as highly elevated as you in simplicity
and other qualities of good character, I appeared in this world as
Prénigarbha, or one who is celebrated as having taken birth from
Présni.
PURPORT
In the Tret4-yuga the Lord appeared as Prénigarbha. Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura says, prsnigarbha iti so ’yam tretd-yugdvatdro
laksyate.
TEXT 42
TH GataeATATA FATA |
SIR aha eA THAT TAA: |182Ml
tayor vam punar evaham
adityam dsa kaSyapat
upendra iti vikhyato
vamanatvdc ca vamanah
tayoh—of you two, husband and wife; vém—in both of you; punah
eva—even again; aham—I Myself; adityam—in the womb of Aditi;
dsa—appeared; kasyapat—by the semen of Kasyapa Muni; upendrah—
by the name Upendra; iti—thus; vikhydtah—celebrated; vaémanatvat
ca—and because of being a dwarf; vamanah—I was known as Vamana.
