Text 27] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 507

therefore pleased when such Vedic mantras were chanted, and to encour-
age His pure devotees, He roared once more and entered the water to
rescue the submerged earth.

TEXT 27

Shays: GAG Faw:
wa fiqay AIRS |
quest: fare dar
SMITA «—- AWTATFHEDT: UII

utksipta-valah khacarah kathorah
sata vidhunvan khara-romasa-tvak

khurahatabhrah sita-damstra iksa-
jyotir babhase bhagavan mahidhrah

utksipta-valah— slashing with the tail; khacarah—in the sky; kathorah—
very hard; satah—hairs on the shoulder; vidhunvan—quivering; khara—
sharp; romasa-tvak—skin full of hairs; khura-ahata—struck by the hoofs;
abhrah—the clouds; sita-damstrah—white tusks; tksa—glance; jyotih—
luminous; babhase—began to emit an effulgence; bhagavan—the Personality
of Godhead; mahidhrah—the supporter of the world.

TRANSLATION

Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the
sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was
luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hoofs and His
glittering white tusks.

PURPORT

When the Lord is offered prayers by His devotees, His transcendental
activities are described. Here are some of the transcendental features of
Lord Boar. As the residents of the upper three planetary systems offered
their prayers to the Lord, it isunderstood that His body expanded through-
out the sky, beginning from the topmost planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka.
It is stated in the Brahma-samhita that His eyes are the sun and the moon;
therefore His very glance over the sky was as illuminating as the sun or the
moon. The Lord is described herein as mahidhrah, which means either a
big mountain or the sustainer of the earth. In other words, the Lord’s body
was as big and hard as the Himalayan Mountains, otherwise how was it
