Text 36] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 515

to their atheistic temperament. For such condemned persons, the Lord’s
incarnation as the gigantic hog is invisible. These strict followers of the
Vedas who despise the eternal forms of the Lord may know from Srimad-
Bhagavatam that such incarnations are personified forms of the Vedas.
Lord Boar’s skin, His eyes and His bodily hair holes are all described here
as different parts of the Vedas. He is therefore the personified form of the
Vedic hymns, specifically the Gayatri mantra.

TEXT 36

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srak tunda asit sruva tga nasayor

idodare camasah karna-randhre
prasitram asye grasane grahas tu te

yac carvanam te bhagavann agni-hotram

srak—the plate for sacrifice; tunde—on the tongue; asit—there is;
sruvah—another plate for sacrifice; t%a—O Lord; ndsayoh—of the nos-
trils; ida—the plate for eating; udare—in the belly; camasah—another plate
for sacrifices; karna-randhre—in the holes of the ears; prasitram— the plate
which is called the Brahma plate; asye—in the mouth; grasane—in the
throat; grahah—the plates known as soma plates; tu-but; te—Your; yat—
that which; carvanam—chewing; te—Your; bhagavan—O my Lord; agni-
hotram—is Your eating through Your sacrificial fire.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, Your tongue is the plate of sacrifice, Your nostril is another
plate of sacrifice, in Your belly is the eating plate of sacrifice, and another
plate of sacrifice is the holes of Your ears. In Your mouth is the Brahma
plate of sacrifice, Your throat is the plate of sacrifice known as soma, and
whatever You chew is known as agni-hotra.

PURPORT

The Vedavadis say that there is nothing more than the Vedas and the
performances of sacrifice mentioned in the Vedas. They have recently made
a rule in their group to formally observe daily sacrifice; they simply ignite
