PLATE THREE

While Lord Brahma looked on, all the calves and the boys tending
them immediately appeared to have complexions the color of bluish
rainclouds and to be dressed in yellow silken garments. All those per-
sonalities had four arms, holding conchshell, disc, mace and lotus flower
in Their hands. They wore helmets on Their heads, earrings on Their
ears and garlands of forest flowers around Their necks. On the upper
portion of the right side of Their chests was the emblem of the goddess of
fortune. Furthermore, They wore armlets on Their arms, the Kaustubha
gem around Their necks, which were marked with three lines like a
conchshell, and bracelets on Their wrists. With bangles on Their ankles,
ornaments on Their feet, and sacred belts around Their waists, They all
appeared very beautiful. Those Visnu forms, by Their pure smiling,
which resembled the increasing light of the moon, and by the sidelong
glances of Their reddish eyes, created and protected the desires of Their
own devotees, as if by the modes of passion and goodness. Thus Lord
Brahma saw the Supreme Brahman, by whose energy this entire uni-
verse, with its moving and nonmoving living beings, is manifested. He
also saw at the same time all the calves and boys as the Lord’s expansions.

(pp. 49-63)
