324 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 8

TEXT 46

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tarupam ramaniyangam
arunostheksanadharam
pranatasrayanam nrmnam
Saranyam karunarnavam
tarunam—youthful; ramaniya—attractive; angam—all parts of the body;
aruna-ostha—lips pinkish like the rising sun; tksana-adharam—eyes of the
same nature; pranata—one who is surrendered; @srayanam-—shelter of the
surrendered; nrmpam—transcendentally pleasing in all respects; Saranyam—
the person unto whom it is just worthy tosurrender; karuna—merciful like;
arnavam—the ocean.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: The Lord’s form is always youthful. Every
limb and every part of His body is properly formed, free from defect.
Both His eyes and lips are pinkish like the rising sun. He is always
prepared to give shelter to the surrendered soul, and anyone who is so
fortunate as to look upon Him feels all satisfaction. The Lord is always
worthy to be the master of the surrendered soul, for He is the ocean of
mercy.

PURPORT

Everyone has to surrender to someone superior. That is always the
nature of our living condition. At the present moment we are trying to
surrender to someone—either to society, or to our nation, family, state or
government. The surrendering process already exists, but it is never perfect
because the person or institution unto whom we surrender is imperfect,
and our surrender, having so many ulterior motives, is also imperfect. As
such, in the material world no one is worthy to accept anyone’s surrender,
nor does anyone fully surrender to anyone else unless he is obliged to do
so. But here the surrendering process is voluntary, and the Lord is worthy
to accept the surrender. This surrender by the living entity occurs auto-
matically as soon as he sees the beautiful youthful nature of the Lord.

The description given by Narada Muni is not imaginary. The form of the
Lord is understood by the parampara system. Mayavadi philosophers say
that we have to imagine the form of the Lord, but here Narada Muni does
