Text 34] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 513
of a tamala tree, and thus the sages, headed by Brahma, could understand
Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead and offered respectful
obeisances unto the Lord.
TEXT 34
HIT Fy
fart fird asia aera
TH Ty at tga aa: |
aTaTdy «= erate a-
AH TA STATA F 13
Tsaya ucuh
Jitam jitam te jita yajfia-bhavana
trayim tanum svam paridhunvate namah
yad-roma-gartesu nililyur addhayas
tasmai namah karana-sukaraya te
rsayah icuh—the glorified sages uttered; jitam—all glories; jitam—all
victories; te—unto You; ajita—O unconquerable one; yajfia-bhavana—one
who is understood by performances of sacrifice; trayim—personified Vedas ;
tanum—such a body; svam—own; paridhunvate—shaking; namah—all obei-
sances; yat— whose; roma—hairs; gartesu—in the holes; nililyuh-submerged;
addhayah—the oceans; tasmai—unto Him; namah—offering obeisances;
karana-sukaraya—unto the hog form assumed for reasons; te—unto You.
TRANSLATION
All the sages uttered with great respect: O unconquerable enjoyer of all
sacrifices, all glories and all victories unto You! You are moving in Your
form of the personified Vedas, and in the hair holes of Your body the
oceans are submerged. For certain reasons [to uplift the earth] You have
now assumed the form of a boar.
PURPORT
The Lord can assume any form He likes, and in all circumstances He is
the cause of all causes. Since His form is transcendental, He is always the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He is in the Causal Ocean in the form
of Maha- Visnu. Innumerable universes generate from the holes of His bodily
hairs, and thus His transcendental body is the Vedas personified. He is the
enjoyer of all sacrifices, and He is the unconquerable Supreme Personality
of Godhead. He is never to be misunderstood to be other than the Supreme
