Text 62] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 75
tities everywhere. Thus it is the folly of the scientists that although they
do not know anything, they mislead people by presenting themselves as
scientists, philosophers and men of knowledge.
TEXT 62
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TAM FATTSTHAM NIH 11621
drstva tvarena nija-dhoranato ’vatirya
prthvyam vapuh kanaka-dandam ivabhipatya
sprstva catur-mukuta-kotibhir anghri-yugmam
natva mud-asru-sujalair akrtabhisekam

drstuad—after seeing; tvarena—with great speed, hastily; nija-
dhoranatah—from his swan carrier; avatirya—descended; prthvyam—
on the ground; vapuh—his body; kanaka-dandam iva—like a golden
rod; abhipdtya—fell down; sprstvé—touching; catuh-mukuta-koti-
bhih—with the tips of his four crowns; arighri-yugmam—the two lotus
feet; natva—making obeisances; mut-asru-su-jalaih—with the water of
his tears of joy; akrta—performed; abhisekam—the ceremony of
bathing His lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

After seeing this, Lord Brahma hastily got down from his swan
carrier, fell down like a golden rod and touched the lotus feet of
Lord Krsna with the tips of the four crowns on his heads. Offering
his obeisances, he bathed the feet of Krsna with the water of his
tears of joy.

PURPORT

Lord Brahma bowed down like a stick, and because Lord Brahma’s
complexion is golden, he appeared to be like a golden stick lying down
before Lord Krsna. When one falls down before a superior just like a
stick, one’s offering of obeisances is called dandavat. Danda means
