1086 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24
TEXT 49
facearafat Ramhoraitrateayy |
Brera frafrersttatead (183i!
siniha-skandha-tviso bibhrat
saubhaga-griva-kaustubham
Snyanapayinya ksipta-
nikasasmorasollasat
simha—the lion; skandha—shoulders; tvisah—the coils of hair; bibhrat—
bearing; saubhaga—fortunate; griva—neck; kaustubham—the pearl of the
name; sriya—beauty; anapayinya—never decreasing; ksipta—defeating;
nikasa—the stone for testing gold; asma—stone; urasa—with the chest;
ullasat—glittering.
TRANSLATION
The Lord has shoulders just like a lion. Upon these shoulders are
garlands, necklaces and epaulets, and all of these are always glittering.
Besides these, there is the beauty of the Kaustubha mani pearl, and on the
dark chest of the Lord there are streaks named Srivatsa, which are signs of
the goddess of fortune. The glittering of these streaks excels the beauty of
the golden streaks on a gold-testing stone. Indeed, such beauty defeats a
gold-testing stone.
PURPORT
The curling hair on the shoulders of a lion always appears very, very
beautiful. Similarly, the shoulders of the Lord were just like a lion’s, and
the necklace and garlands, along with the Kaustubha pearl necklace, com-
bined to excel the beauty of a lion. The chest of the Lord is streaked with
Srivatsa lines, the sign of the goddess of fortune. Consequently the Lord’s
chest excels the beauty of a testing stone for gold. The black siliceous
stone on which gold is rubbed to test its value always looks very
beautiful, being streaked with gold lines. Yet the chest of the Lord excels
even such a stone in its beauty.
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