520 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13

PURPORT

The fortune of the earth planet is praised because of its being specifi-
cally sustained by the Lord; its beauty is appreciated and compared to
that of a lotus flower situated on the trunk of an elephant. As a lotus
flower with leaves is very beautifully situated, so the world, with its many
beautiful mountains, appeared on the tusks of the Lord Boar.

TEXT 41
ait wate a ata
AVES sa Wt 7!
Taha Feta WAT
FTINTA TI KT: el

trayimayam rupam idam ca saukaram
bhi-mandalenatha data dhrtena te

cakasti srngodha-ghanena bhuyasa
kulacalendrasya yathaiva vibhramah

trayimayam—Vedas_ personified; rupam—form; idam—this; ca—also;
saukaram—the boar; bhu-mandalena—by the earth planet; atha—now; data—
by the tusk; dhrtena—sustained by; te—Your; cakasti—is glowing; srigodha—
sustained by the peaks; ghanena—by the clouds; bhi:yasa—more glorified;
kula-acalendrasya—of the great mountains; yatha—as much as; eva—
certainly ; vibhramah—decoration.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when
decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful
because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.

PURPORT

The word vibhramah is significant. Vibhramah means illusion as well as
beauty. When a cloud rests on the peak of a great mountain, it appears to
be sustained by the mountain, and at the same time it looks very beautiful.
Similarly, the Lord has no need to sustain the earth on His tusks, but when
He does so the world becomes beautiful, just as the Lord becomes more
beautiful because of His pure devotees on the earth. Although the Lord is
the transcendental personification of the Vedic hymns, He has become
more beautiful because of His appearance to sustain the earth.
