1088 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

Syama—blackish; sroni—lower part of the waist; adhi—extra; rocisnu—
pleasing; dukiila—garments; svarna—golden; mekhalam—belt; sama—sym-
metrical; caru—beautiful; anghn—lotus feet; jangha—calves; uru—thighs;
nimna—lower; janu—knees; su-darsanam—very beautiful .

TRANSLATION

The lower part of the Lord’s waist is dark and covered with yellow
garments and a belt bedecked with golden embroidery work. His sym-
metrical lotus feet and the calves, thighs and joints of His legs are extraor-
dinarily beautiful. Indeed, the Lord’s entire body appears to be well built.

PURPORT

Lord Siva is one of the twelve great authorities mentioned in Srimad-
Bhagavatam (6.3.20). These authorities are Svayambhu, Narada, Sambhu,
Kumara, Kapila, Manu, Prahlada, Janaka, Bhisma, Bali, Vaiyasaki or
Sukadeva Gosvami, and Yamaraja. The impersonalists who generally wor-
ship Lord Siva should learn of the transcendental sac-cid-ananda-vigraha
form of the Lord. Here Lord Siva kindly describes the details of the Lord’s
bodily features. Thus the impersonalists’ argument that the Lord has no
form cannot be accepted under any circumstance.

TEXT 52

aT TRTTISTITTT
qaahraiseact = fgeqat |

yeaa Mtrroeareard

aN area AT 42

pada Ssarat-padma-palasa-rocisa
nakha-dyubhir no ’ntar-aghari vidhunvata
pradarsaya sviyam apasta-sadhvasarh
padam guro marga-gurus tamo-jusam

pada—by the lotus feet; sarat—autumn; padma—lotus flower; palasa—
petals; rocisa—very pleasing; nakha—nails; dyubhih—by the effulgence;
nah—our; antar-agham—dirty things; vidhunvata—which can cleanse;
pradarsaya—just show;sviyam—Your own; apasta—diminishing; sadhvasam—
the trouble of the material world; padam—lotus feet; guro—O supreme
spiritual master; marga— the path; guruh— spiritual master; tamah-jusam—of
the persons suffering in ignorance.
