Text 19] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 501
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Tearat PTE AST ATR: RCI
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
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THA: ATT ATTTT NTE 28
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.
