Text 25] Manifestation of Brahma from Garbhodakagayi Visnu 323
TRANSLATION
The luster of the transcendental body of the Lord mocked the beauty
of the coral mountain. The coral mountain is very beautifully dressed by
the evening cloud, but the yellow dress of the Lord mocked its beauty.
There is gold on the summit of the mountain, but the Lord’s helmet,
bedecked with jewels, mocked it. The mountain’s waterfalls, herbs, etc.,
with a panorama of flowers, seem like garlands, but the Lord’s gigantic
body, and His hands and legs, decorated with jewels, pearls, tulasi leaves
and flower garlands, mocked the scene on the mountain. __
PURPORT
The panoramic beauty of nature, which strikes one with wonder, may be
taken as a perverted reflection of the transcendental body of the Lord. One
who is therefore attracted by the beauty of the Lord is no longer
attracted by the beauty of material nature, although he does not minimize
its beauty. In Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 2.59) it is described that one who is
attracted by param, the Supreme, is no longer attracted by anything
inferior.
TEXT 25
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HAPTNTPATT TL Tea
ayamato vistaratah svamana-
dehena lokatraya-sangrahena
vicitra-divyabharanamsukanam
krta-sriyapasrita-vesa-deham
ayamatak—by length; vistaratah—by breadth; svamana—by His own
measurement; dehena—by the transcendental body; lokatraya—the three
(upper, middle and lower) planetary systems; sangrahena—by total absorp-
tion; vicitra—variegated; divya—transcendental; abharana-amsitkanadm—rays
of the ornaments; krta-sriyd-apasrita—beauty created by those dresses and
ornaments; vesa— dressed; deham—transcendental body.
