Text 29] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 509

in all circumstances; therefore, the assumption of the form of a boar is only
His pastime. His body is all Vedas or transcendental. But since He assumed
the form of a boar, He began to search out the earth by smelling, just like
a hog. The Lord can perfectly play the part of any living entity. The gigan-
tic feature of the boar was certainly very fearful for all nondevotees, but to
the pure devotees of the Lord He was not at all fearful; on the contrary,
He was so pleasingly glancing upon His devotees that all of them felt
transcendental happiness.

TEXT 29

a TARTANA T-
fing: aR
TeITUst at asi tard-
santa seat oe Ate URI

sa vajra-kutanga-nipata-vega-
visirna-kuksih stanayann udanvan

utsrsta-dirghormi-bhujair ivartas
cukrosa yajiiesvara pahi meti

sah—that; vajra-kuta-anga—body like a great mountain; nipata-vega—
the force of diving; visirna—bifurcating; kuksih—the middle portion;
stanayan—resounding like; udanvan—the ocean; utsrsta—creating; dirgha—
high; urmi—waves; bhujaih—by the arms; iva artah—like a distressed per-
son; cukrosa—prayed loudly ; yajiia-isvara—O master of all sacrifices; pahi—
please protect; ma—unto me; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

Diving into the water like a giant mountain, Lord Boar divided the
middle of the ocean, and two high waves appeared as the arms of the
ocean, which cried loudly as if praying to the Lord, “‘O Lord of all sacri-
fices, please do not cut me in two! Kindly give me protection!”

PURPORT

Even the great ocean was perturbed by the falling of the mountainlike
body of the transcendental boar, and it appeared to be frightened, as if
death were imminent.
