Text 19] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 501

TEXT 18

sahara «= ararftaacaeard |
Tete = free guaftarne: 12<ll

ity abhidhyayato nasa-
vivarat sahasanagha

varahatoko niragad
angustha-parimanakah

iti—thus; abhidh yadyatah—while thinking; nasd-vivarat—from the nostrils;
sahasa—all of a sudden; anagha—O sinless one; varahatokah—a minute form
of Varaha (a boar); niragat—~came out; angustha—upper portion of the
thumb; parimanakah—of the measurement.

TRANSLATION

O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahma was engaged in think-
ing, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril, and the measurement
of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.

TEXT 19

TAMA: BA: aly Fe ANA |
THAT: ATT TTT NTH 128

tasyabhipasyatah khasthah
ksanena kila bharata
gajamatrah pravavrdhe
tad adbhutam abhin mahat

tasya—his;abhipasyatah—while thus observing; khasthah—situated in the
sky; ksanena—suddenly; kila—verily; bharata—O descendant of Bharata;
gajamatrah—just like an elephant; pravavrdhe—thoroughly expanded; tat—
that; adbhutam—extraordinary ; abhut—transformed; mahat—into a gigan-
tic body.

TRANSLATION
O descendant of Bharata, while Brahma was observing Him, that boar

became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a
great elephant.
