Text 44] The Appearance of Lord Varaha 523

confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 9.10): mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate
sacaracaram. Since Krsna can direct the wonderful cosmic manifestation,
it is not at all wonderful for Him to assume the gigantic form of a boar and
thus deliver the earth from the mire of the water. A devotee is therefore
not astonished to see the wonderful boar because he knows that the Lord
is able to act far more wonderfully by His potencies, which are incon-
ceivable to the brain of even the most erudite scientist.

TEXT 44

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vidhunvata vedamayam nijam vapur
Janas-tapah-satya-nivasino vayam
sata-sikh oddhita-sivam bu-bindubhir
vimyjyamana bhrsam isa pavitah
vidhunvata—while shaking; vedamayam—personified Vedas; nijam—own;
vapuh—body; janah—the Janaloka planetary system; tapah—the Tapoloka
planetary system; satya—the Satyaloka planetary system; nivasinah—the
inhabitants; vayam—we; sata—hairs on the shoulder; sikha-uddhuta—
sustained by the tip of the hair; siva—auspicious;ambu—water; bindubhih—
by the particles; vimyjyamanah—we are thus sprinkled by; bhrsam— highly;
iSa—Supreme Lord; pavitah—purified.

TRANSLATION

O Supreme Lord, undoubtedly we are inhabitants of the most pious
planets—the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas—but still we have been purified
by the drops of water sprinkled from Your shoulder hairs by the shaking
of Your body.

PURPORT

Ordinarily the body of a hog is considered impure, but one should not
consider that the hog incarnation assumed by the Lord is also impure. That
form of the Lord is the personified Vedas and is transcendental. The
inhabitants of the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas are the most pious persons
in the material world, but because those planets are situated in the material
world, there are so many material impurities there also. Therefore, when
