508 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13

possible that He kept the entire earth on the support of His white tusks?
The poet Jayadeva, a great devotee of the Lord, has sung of the incident
in his prayers for the incarnations:

vasati dasana-sikhare dharani tava lagna
Sasini kalanka-kaleva nimagna
kesava dhrta-sukara-rupa
Jaya jagadisa hare
“All glories to Lord Kegava [Krsna] , who appeared as the boar. The earth
was held between His tusks, which appeared like the scars on the moon.”

TEXT 28

ama Te: Tat fafa

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BUSA HSTATITETATT-

gates frag aoraisraaT RCI

ghranena prthvyah padavim vijighran
krodapadesah svayam adhvarangah

karala-damstro’py akarala-drgbhyam-
udviksya vipran grnato’visat kam

ghranena—by smelling; prthvyah—of the earth; padavim—situation;
vijighran—searching after the earth; kroda-apadesah—assuming the body of
a hog; svayam— personally ; adhvara—transcendental; angah—body ; karala—
fearful; damstrah—teeth (tusks); api—in spite of; akarala—not fearful;
drgbhyam—by His glance;udviksya—glancing over ;vipran—all the brahmana
devotees; grnatah—who were engaged in prayers; avisat—entered; kam—the
water.

TRANSLATION

He was personally the Supreme Lord Visnu and was therefore
transcendental, yet because He had the body of a hog, He searched after
the earth by smell. His tusks were fearful, and He glanced over the devotee
brahmanas engaged in offering prayers. Thus He entered the water.

PURPORT

We should always remember that although the body of a hog is material,
the hog form of the Lord was not materially contaminated. It is not pos-
sible for an earthly hog to assume a gigantic form spreading throughout
the sky, beginning from the Satyaloka. His body is always transcendental
