The Appearance of Lord Varaha

Verse 1 (bhagavata.3.13.1)

श्रीशुक उवाच निशम्य वाचं वदतो मुनेः पुण्यतमां नृप । भूयः पप्रच्छ कौरव्यो वासुदेवकथादृतः ॥ १ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca niśamya vācaṁ vadato muneḥ puṇyatamāṁ nṛpa bhūyaḥ papraccha kauravyo vāsudeva-kathādṛtaḥ

Śukadeva said: Having heard this most virtuous speech spoken by the sage Maitreya, O King, Vidura, best among the Kurus, revering all talk of Vāsudeva, inquired further.

Verse 2 (bhagavata.3.13.2)

विदुर उवाच स वै स्वायम्भुवः सम्राट् प्रियः पुत्रः स्वयम्भुवः । प्रतिलभ्य प्रियां पत्नीं किं चकार ततो मुने ॥ २ ॥

vidura uvāca sa vai svāyambhuvaḥ samrāṭ priyaḥ putraḥ svayambhuvaḥ pratilabhya priyāṁ patnīṁ kiṁ cakāra tato mune

Vidura said: O sage, after obtaining his beloved wife, what then did that dear son of Brahmā, Svāyambhuva Manu, the sovereign, do?

Verse 3 (bhagavata.3.13.3)

चरितं तस्य राजर्षेरादिराजस्य सत्तम । ब्रूहि मे श्रद्दधानाय विष्वक्सेनाश्रयो ह्यसौ ॥ ३ ॥

caritaṁ tasya rājarṣer ādi-rājasya sattama brūhi me śraddadhānāya viṣvaksenāśrayo hy asau

O most virtuous one, kindly relate to me, who listens with faith, the character of that saintly king, the original king, for he had taken shelter of the Personality of Godhead, Viṣvaksena.

Verse 4 (bhagavata.3.13.4)

श्रुतस्य पुंसां सुचिरश्रमस्य नन्वञ्जसा सूरिभिरीडितोऽर्थः । तत्तद्गुणानुश्रवणं मुकुन्द- पादारविन्द हृदयेषु येषाम् ॥ ४ ॥

śrutasya puṁsāṁ sucira-śramasya nanv añjasā sūribhir īḍito ’rthaḥ tat-tad-guṇānuśravaṇaṁ mukunda- pādāravindaṁ hṛdayeṣu yeṣām

Surely that subject matter, so elaborately explained by pure devotees, is worth the long labor of those engaged in hearing — that hearing again and again of His transcendental qualities, whose lotus feet, of Mukunda, dwell within their hearts.

Verse 5 (bhagavata.3.13.5)

श्रीशुक उवाच इति ब्रुवाणं विदुरं विनीतं सहस्रशीर्ष्णश्चरणोपधानम् । प्रहृष्टरोमा भगवत्कथायां प्रणीयमानो मुनिरभ्यचष्ट ॥ ५ ॥

śrī-śuka uvāca iti bruvāṇaṁ viduraṁ vinītaṁ sahasra-śīrṣṇaś caraṇopadhānam prahṛṣṭa-romā bhagavat-kathāyāṁ praṇīyamāno munir abhyacaṣṭa

Śukadeva said: Thus addressed by the humble Vidura, the sage, his hairs standing on end in ecstasy, being drawn ever deeper into words concerning the thousand-headed Personality of Godhead whose feet serve as his pillow, began to speak.

Verse 6 (bhagavata.3.13.6)

मैत्रेय उवाच यदा स्वभार्यया सार्धं जातः स्वायम्भुवो मनुः । प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतश्चेदं वेदगर्भमभाषत ॥ ६ ॥

maitreya uvāca yadā sva-bhāryayā sārdhaṁ jātaḥ svāyambhuvo manuḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇataś cedaṁ veda-garbham abhāṣata

Maitreya said: When Svāyambhuva Manu, the father of mankind, was born together with his wife, he, with folded hands and bowed in obeisance, addressed the reservoir of Vedic knowledge as follows.

Verse 7 (bhagavata.3.13.7)

त्वमेकः सर्वभूतानां जन्मकृद् वृत्तिदः पिता । तथापि नः प्रजानां ते शुश्रूषा केन वा भवेत् ॥ ७ ॥

tvam ekaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ janma-kṛd vṛttidaḥ pitā tathāpi naḥ prajānāṁ te śuśrūṣā kena vā bhavet

You alone are the progenitor and the sustainer of all living beings, our father; yet by what means may we, who are born of you, render service unto you?

Verse 8 (bhagavata.3.13.8)

तद्विधेहि नमस्तुभ्यं कर्मस्वीड्यात्मशक्तिषु । यत्कृत्वेह यशो विष्वगमुत्र च भवेद्गतिः ॥ ८ ॥

tad vidhehi namas tubhyaṁ karmasv īḍyātma-śaktiṣu yat kṛtveha yaśo viṣvag amutra ca bhaved gatiḥ

Kindly direct us, unto whom I offer obeisances, O worshipable one, in such duties as lie within our own power, performing which one may attain fame here in this world and a good end in the next.

Verse 9 (bhagavata.3.13.9)

ब्रह्मोवाच प्रीतस्तुभ्यमहं तात स्वस्ति स्ताद्वां क्षितीश्वर । यन्निर्व्यलीकेन हृदा शाधि मेत्यात्मनार्पितम् ॥ ९ ॥

brahmovāca prītas tubhyam ahaṁ tāta svasti stād vāṁ kṣitīśvara yan nirvyalīkena hṛdā śādhi mety ātmanārpitam

Brahmā said: I am pleased with you, my dear son; may all blessing be upon you both, O lord of the world, for with an unreserved heart you have surrendered yourself, saying, 'Instruct me.'

Verse 10 (bhagavata.3.13.10)

एतावत्यात्मजैर्वीर कार्या ह्यपचितिर्गुरौ । शक्त्याप्रमत्तैर्गृह्येत सादरं गतमत्सरैः ॥ १० ॥

etāvaty ātmajair vīra kāryā hy apacitir gurau śaktyāpramattair gṛhyeta sādaraṁ gata-matsaraiḥ

O hero, just such worship as this should offspring render unto their superior — accepted with delight, full capacity, and freedom from envy, by those who are sane and vigilant.

Verse 11 (bhagavata.3.13.11)

स त्वमस्यामपत्यानि सदृशान्यात्मनो गुणैः । उत्पाद्य शास धर्मेण गां यज्ञैः पुरुषं यज ॥ ११ ॥

sa tvam asyām apatyāni sadṛśāny ātmano guṇaiḥ utpādya śāsa dharmeṇa gāṁ yajñaiḥ puruṣaṁ yaja

You, therefore, having begotten in her children endowed with qualities like your own, rule the earth according to religious principles, and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead through sacrifices.

Verse 12 (bhagavata.3.13.12)

स त्वमस्यामपत्यानि सदृशान्यात्मनो गुणैः । उत्पाद्य शास धर्मेण गां यज्ञैः पुरुषं यज ॥ ११ ॥

paraṁ śuśrūṣaṇaṁ mahyaṁ syāt prajā-rakṣayā nṛpa bhagavāṁs te prajā-bhartur hṛṣīkeśo ’nutuṣyati

The highest service unto me, O King, would be your protection of the living beings born into the world; the Personality of Godhead, Hṛṣīkeśa, is satisfied with you, the protector of your subjects.

Verse 13 (bhagavata.3.13.13)

येषां न तुष्टो भगवान् यज्ञलिङ्गो जनार्दनः । तेषां श्रमो ह्यपार्थाय यदात्मा नादृतः स्वयम् ॥ १३ ॥

yeṣāṁ na tuṣṭo bhagavān yajña-liṅgo janārdanaḥ teṣāṁ śramo hy apārthāya yad ātmā nādṛtaḥ svayam

Those with whom the Personality of Godhead Janārdana, who takes the form of sacrifice, is not satisfied — their labor is fruitless indeed, since they have failed to honor their own Supreme Soul.

Verse 14 (bhagavata.3.13.14)

मनुरुवाच आदेशेऽहं भगवतो वर्तेयामीवसूदन । स्थानं त्विहानुजानीहि प्रजानां मम च प्रभो ॥ १४ ॥

manur uvāca ādeśe ’haṁ bhagavato varteyāmīva-sūdana sthānaṁ tv ihānujānīhi prajānāṁ mama ca prabho

Manu said: O destroyer of all sins, I shall abide by your command; but, O lord, kindly let me know where in this world I and my subjects are to dwell.

Verse 15 (bhagavata.3.13.15)

यदोकः सर्वभूतानां मही मग्ना महाम्भसि । अस्या उद्धरणे यत्नो देव देव्या विधीयताम् ॥ १५ ॥

yad okaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ mahī magnā mahāmbhasi asyā uddharaṇe yatno deva devyā vidhīyatām

Since the earth, the dwelling place of all living beings, lies submerged in the great waters, O master of the demigods, let some effort be made toward the lifting up of this goddess.

Verse 16 (bhagavata.3.13.16)

मैत्रेय उवाच परमेष्ठी त्वपां मध्ये तथा सन्नामवेक्ष्य गाम् । कथमेनां समुन्नेष्य इति दध्यौ धिया चिरम् ॥ १६ ॥

maitreya uvāca parameṣṭhī tv apāṁ madhye tathā sannām avekṣya gām katham enāṁ samunneṣya iti dadhyau dhiyā ciram

Maitreya said: Beholding the earth thus lying submerged within the waters, Brahmā, the supreme one, pondered for a long time with his intelligence: How shall I lift her up?

Verse 17 (bhagavata.3.13.17)

सृजतो मे क्षितिर्वार्भिःप्लाव्यमाना रसां गता । अथात्र किमनुष्ठेयमस्माभिः सर्गयोजितैः । यस्याहं हृदयादासं स ईशो विदधातु मे ॥ १७ ॥

sṛjato me kṣitir vārbhiḥ plāvyamānā rasāṁ gatā athātra kim anuṣṭheyam asmābhiḥ sarga-yojitaiḥ yasyāhaṁ hṛdayād āsaṁ sa īśo vidadhātu me

While I was engaged in creation, the earth, inundated by the waters, sank into the depths; what, then, should we do, we who are engaged in the task of creation? May that Lord, from whose heart I myself was born, direct me.

Verse 18 (bhagavata.3.13.18)

इत्यभिध्यायतो नासाविवरात्सहसानघ । वराहतोको निरगादङ्गुष्ठपरिमाणकः ॥ १८ ॥

ity abhidhyāyato nāsā- vivarāt sahasānagha varāha-toko niragād aṅguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ

As he thought thus, O sinless one, suddenly from his nostril there emerged a tiny form of Varāha, no larger than the tip of a thumb.

Verse 19 (bhagavata.3.13.19)

तस्याभिपश्यतः खस्थः क्षणेन किल भारत । गजमात्रः प्रववृधे तदद्भुतमभून्महत् ॥ १९ ॥

tasyābhipaśyataḥ kha-sthaḥ kṣaṇena kila bhārata gaja-mātraḥ pravavṛdhe tad adbhutam abhūn mahat

While he watched, that form, situated in the sky, suddenly in a moment expanded, O descendant of Bharata, growing to the size of an elephant — a great and wondrous transformation.

Verse 20 (bhagavata.3.13.20)

मरीचिप्रमुखैर्विप्रैः कुमारैर्मनुना सह । हृष्ट्वा तत्सौकरं रूपं तर्कयामास चित्रधा ॥ २० ॥

marīci-pramukhair vipraiḥ kumārair manunā saha dṛṣṭvā tat saukaraṁ rūpaṁ tarkayām āsa citradhā

Seeing that boar-like form, the brāhmaṇas headed by Marīci, together with the Kumāras and Manu, began to argue among themselves in various ways.

Verse 21 (bhagavata.3.13.21)

किमेतत्सूकरव्याजं सत्त्वं दिव्यमवस्थितम् । अहो बताश्चर्यमिदं नासाया मे विनिःसृतम् ॥ २१ ॥

kim etat sūkara-vyājaṁ sattvaṁ divyam avasthitam aho batāścaryam idaṁ nāsāyā me viniḥsṛtam

What is this — a wondrous being of divine nature, situated under the guise of a boar? Oh, how strange indeed that it has emerged from my very nostril!

Verse 22 (bhagavata.3.13.22)

दृष्टोऽङ्गुष्ठशिरोमात्रः क्षणाद्गण्डशिलासमः । अपि स्विद्भगवानेष यज्ञो मे खेदयन्मनः ॥ २२ ॥

dṛṣṭo ’ṅguṣṭha-śiro-mātraḥ kṣaṇād gaṇḍa-śilā-samaḥ api svid bhagavān eṣa yajño me khedayan manaḥ

Seen but a moment ago no bigger than the tip of a thumb, in an instant it has become like a huge boulder; could it be the Personality of Godhead, Yajña Himself, whose presence now perturbs my mind?

Verse 23 (bhagavata.3.13.23)

इति मीमांसतस्तस्य ब्रह्मणः सह सूनुभिः । भगवान् यज्ञपुरुषो जगर्जागेन्द्रसन्निभः ॥ २३ ॥

iti mīmāṁsatas tasya brahmaṇaḥ saha sūnubhiḥ bhagavān yajña-puruṣo jagarjāgendra-sannibhaḥ

While Brahmā, along with his sons, was thus deliberating, the Personality of Godhead Yajña resounded like a great mountain.

Verse 24 (bhagavata.3.13.24)

ब्रह्माणं हर्षयामास हरिस्तांश्च द्विजोत्तमान् । स्वगर्जितेन ककुभः प्रतिस्वनयता विभुः ॥ २४ ॥

brahmāṇaṁ harṣayām āsa haris tāṁś ca dvijottamān sva-garjitena kakubhaḥ pratisvanayatā vibhuḥ

The omnipotent Lord Hari, by His own roar which echoed through all directions, gladdened the heart of Brahmā and those most elevated brāhmaṇas.

Verse 25 (bhagavata.3.13.25)

निशम्य ते घर्घरितं स्वखेद- क्षयिष्णु मायामयसूकरस्य । जनस्तपःसत्यनिवासिनस्ते त्रिभिः पवित्रैर्मुनयोऽगृणन् स्म ॥ २५ ॥

niśamya te ghargharitaṁ sva-kheda- kṣayiṣṇu māyāmaya-sūkarasya janas-tapaḥ-satya-nivāsinas te tribhiḥ pavitrair munayo ’gṛṇan sma

Hearing that tumultuous roar of the all-merciful Lord in His mystic boar-form — a roar that destroys the sorrow of those who hear it — the sages dwelling on Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka chanted the three sacred Vedas.

Verse 26 (bhagavata.3.13.26)

तेषां सतां वेदवितानमूर्ति- र्ब्रह्मावधार्यात्मगुणानुवादम् । विनद्य भूयो विबुधोदयाय गजेन्द्रलीलो जलमाविवेश ॥ २६ ॥

teṣāṁ satāṁ veda-vitāna-mūrtir brahmāvadhāryātma-guṇānuvādam vinadya bhūyo vibudhodayāya gajendra-līlo jalam āviveśa

Knowing this to be the form that expands the Vedas, Brahmā again resounded that transcendental glorification of Himself for the upliftment of the learned, and then, sporting like a lordly elephant, entered the water.

Verse 27 (bhagavata.3.13.27)

उत्क्षिप्तवालः खचरः कठोरः सटा विधुन्वन् खररोमशत्वक् । खुराहताभ्रः सितदंष्ट्र ईक्षा- ज्योतिर्बभासे भगवान्महीध्रः ॥ २७ ॥

utkṣipta-vālaḥ kha-caraḥ kaṭhoraḥ saṭā vidhunvan khara-romaśa-tvak khurāhatābhraḥ sita-daṁṣṭra īkṣā- jyotir babhāse bhagavān mahīdhraḥ

With tail lashing in the sky, hard bristling mane quivering, skin rough and thickly haired, clouds struck by His hooves, white tusks gleaming — the Personality of Godhead, the supporter of the world, shone with a luminous glance.

Verse 28 (bhagavata.3.13.28)

घ्राणेन पृथ्व्याः पदवीं विजिघ्रन् क्रोडापदेशः स्वयमध्वराङ्गः । करालदंष्ट्रोऽप्यकरालदृग्भ्या- मुद्वीक्ष्य विप्रान् गृणतोऽविशत्कम् ॥ २८ ॥

ghrāṇena pṛthvyāḥ padavīṁ vijighran kroḍāpadeśaḥ svayam adhvarāṅgaḥ karāla-daṁṣṭro ’py akarāla-dṛgbhyām udvīkṣya viprān gṛṇato ’viśat kam

Searching for the earth's whereabouts with His sense of smell, He whose form, though assuming the guise of a boar, was itself transcendental, His tusks fearsome yet His glance gentle, looked upon the brāhmaṇas offering prayers and entered the water.

Verse 29 (bhagavata.3.13.29)

स वज्रकूटाङ्गनिपातवेग- विशीर्णकुक्षिः स्तनयन्नुदन्वान् । उत्सृष्टदीर्घोर्मिभुजैरिवार्त- श्चुक्रोश यज्ञेश्वर पाहि मेति ॥ २९ ॥

sa vajra-kūṭāṅga-nipāta-vega- viśīrṇa-kukṣiḥ stanayann udanvān utsṛṣṭa-dīrghormi-bhujair ivārtaś cukrośa yajñeśvara pāhi meti

That ocean, its depths split apart by the force of His diving, His body like a mass of thunderbolts, resounded as though in distress, its long waves thrown up like arms, crying out: O Lord of sacrifice, protect me!

Verse 30 (bhagavata.3.13.30)

खुरैः क्षुरप्रैर्दरयंस्तदाप उत्पारपारं त्रिपरू रसायाम् । ददर्श गां तत्र सुषुप्सुरग्रे यां जीवधानीं स्वयमभ्यधत्त ॥ ३० ॥

khuraiḥ kṣuraprair darayaṁs tad āpa utpāra-pāraṁ tri-parū rasāyām dadarśa gāṁ tatra suṣupsur agre yāṁ jīva-dhānīṁ svayam abhyadhatta

Splitting that water with His razor-sharp hooves, He, the master of all sacrifice, reached the very limit of that unlimited expanse, and there, in the beginning, found the earth lying — she who is herself the resting place of all living beings — and personally raised her up.

Verse 31 (bhagavata.3.13.31)

स्वदंष्ट्रयोद्धृत्य महीं निमग्नां स उत्थितः संरुरुचे रसायाः । तत्रापि दैत्यं गदयापतन्तं सुनाभसन्दीपिततीव्रमन्युः ॥ ३१ ॥

sva-daṁṣṭrayoddhṛtya mahīṁ nimagnāṁ sa utthitaḥ saṁruruce rasāyāḥ tatrāpi daityaṁ gadayāpatantaṁ sunābha-sandīpita-tīvra-manyuḥ

Having lifted the submerged earth on His own tusks, He rose splendidly from the waters; and there, His fierce anger blazing like His own discus, He faced a demon rushing toward Him, club in hand.

Verse 32 (bhagavata.3.13.32)

जघान रुन्धानमसह्यविक्रमं स लीलयेभं मृगराडिवाम्भसि । तद्रक्तपङ्काङ्कितगण्डतुण्डो यथा गजेन्द्रो जगतीं विभिन्दन् ॥ ३२ ॥

jaghāna rundhānam asahya-vikramaṁ sa līlayebhaṁ mṛgarāḍ ivāmbhasi tad-rakta-paṅkāṅkita-gaṇḍa-tuṇḍo yathā gajendro jagatīṁ vibhindan

He effortlessly slew that obstructing enemy, of unbearable prowess, as a lion slays an elephant in the water; His cheeks and tusks smeared with that demon's blood, He dug into the earth like a lordly elephant.

Verse 33 (bhagavata.3.13.33)

तमालनीलं सितदन्तकोट्या क्ष्मामुत्क्षिपन्तं गजलीलयाङ्ग । प्रज्ञाय बद्धाञ्जलयोऽनुवाकै- र्विरिञ्चिमुख्या उपतस्थुरीशम् ॥ ३३ ॥

tamāla-nīlaṁ sita-danta-koṭyā kṣmām utkṣipantaṁ gaja-līlayāṅga prajñāya baddhāñjalayo ’nuvākair viriñci-mukhyā upatasthur īśam

O Vidura, seeing Him — dark blue like the tamāla tree, balancing the earth upon the curved edge of His white tusks, playing like an elephant — Brahmā and the others, headed by Viriñci, folded their hands and offered prayers to the Lord with Vedic hymns.

Verse 34 (bhagavata.3.13.34)

ऋषय ऊचुः जितं जितं तेऽजित यज्ञभावन त्रयीं तनुं स्वां परिधुन्वते नमः । यद्रोमगर्ेषु निलिल्युरद्धय- स्तस्मै नमः कारणसूकराय ते ॥ ३४ ॥

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ jitaṁ jitaṁ te ’jita yajña-bhāvana trayīṁ tanuṁ svāṁ paridhunvate namaḥ yad-roma-garteṣu nililyur addhayas tasmai namaḥ kāraṇa-sūkarāya te

The sages said: All glory, all victory unto You, O unconquerable one, who are realized through the performance of sacrifice! Obeisances unto You, who shake Your own body, the personified Vedas, in whose bodily pores the very oceans lie submerged — obeisances unto You, the boar assumed for a purpose.

Verse 35 (bhagavata.3.13.35)

रूपं तवैतन्ननु दुष्कृतात्मनां दुर्दर्शनं देव यदध्वरात्मकम् । छन्दांसि यस्य त्वचि बर्हिरोम- स्वाज्यं दृशि त्वङ्घ्रि षु चातुर्होत्रम् ॥ ३५ ॥

rūpaṁ tavaitan nanu duṣkṛtātmanāṁ durdarśanaṁ deva yad adhvarātmakam chandāṁsi yasya tvaci barhi-romasv ājyaṁ dṛśi tv aṅghriṣu cātur-hotram

This form of Yours, O Lord, is indeed difficult for sinful souls to behold, being itself of the very nature of sacrifice — the Vedic hymns reside in Your skin, the sacred kuśa grass in Your body-hairs, the clarified butter in Your eyes, and the four kinds of sacrificial rites in Your legs.

Verse 36 (bhagavata.3.13.36)

स्रक्तुण्ड आसीत्स्रुव ईश नासयो- रिडोदरे चमसाः कर्णरन्ध्रे । प्राशित्रमास्ये ग्रसने ग्रहास्तु ते यच्चर्वणं ते भगवन्नग्निहोत्रम् ॥ ३६ ॥

srak tuṇḍa āsīt sruva īśa nāsayor iḍodare camasāḥ karṇa-randhre prāśitram āsye grasane grahās tu te yac carvaṇaṁ te bhagavann agni-hotram

The sacrificial plate rests upon Your tongue, O Lord, the sruva-ladle in Your nostrils, the iḍā-vessel in Your belly, the camasa-cups in the holes of Your ears, the prāśitra-plate in Your mouth, and the soma-vessels in Your throat — that chewing of Yours, O Lord, is Your very oblation into the sacrificial fire.

Verse 37 (bhagavata.3.13.37)

दीक्षानुजन्मोपसदः शिरोधरं त्वं प्रायणीयोदयनीयदंष्ट्रः । जिह्वा प्रवर्ग्यस्तव शीर्षकं क्रतोः सत्यावसथ्यं चितयोऽसवो हि ते ॥ ३७ ॥

dīkṣānujanmopasadaḥ śirodharaṁ tvaṁ prāyaṇīyodayanīya-daṁṣṭraḥ jihvā pravargyas tava śīrṣakaṁ kratoḥ satyāvasathyaṁ citayo ’savo hi te

Initiation and its consequent rebirths are Your upasad rites, and Your neck; the prāyaṇīya and udayanīya offerings are Your tusks; the pravargya rite is Your tongue; the head of the sacrifice is Your own head; the satya and āvasathya fires, and the aggregate of all desired ends, are Your very life-breaths.

Verse 38 (bhagavata.3.13.38)

सोमस्तु रेतः सवनान्यवस्थितिः संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातवः । सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि- स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धनः ॥ ३८ ॥

somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ

The soma sacrifice is Your seed, O Lord; the morning rites are Your bodily posture; the seven varieties of sacrifice are the constituents of Your body; the twelve-day satra sacrifices are the joints of Your body; You are the totality of all sacrifice, bound to the ultimate purpose of every offering.

Verse 39 (bhagavata.3.13.39)

नमो नमस्तेऽखिलमन्त्रदेवता- द्रव्याय सर्वक्रतवे क्रियात्मने । वैराग्यभक्त्यात्मजयानुभावित- ज्ञानाय विद्यागुरवे नमो नमः ॥ ३९ ॥

namo namas te ’khila-mantra-devatā- dravyāya sarva-kratave kriyātmane vairāgya-bhaktyātmajayānubhāvita- jñānāya vidyā-gurave namo namaḥ

Obeisances, obeisances unto You, who are the very substance of all mantras and deities, worshipable through every kind of sacrifice, the very form of ritual action; obeisances, obeisances unto You, the supreme teacher of knowledge, realized through renunciation, devotion and the conquest of one's own mind.

Verse 40 (bhagavata.3.13.40)

दंष्ट्राग्रकोट्या भगवंस्त्वया धृता विराजते भूधर भूः सभूधरा । यथा वनान्निःसरतो दता धृता मतङ्गजेन्द्रस्य सपत्रपद्मिनी ॥ ४० ॥

daṁṣṭrāgra-koṭyā bhagavaṁs tvayā dhṛtā virājate bhūdhara bhūḥ sa-bhūdharā yathā vanān niḥsarato datā dhṛtā mataṅ-gajendrasya sa-patra-padminī

O Lord, O upholder of the earth, sustained upon the edges of Your tusks, the earth together with her mountains shines forth resplendent — just as, when a maddened elephant emerges from a forest lake, a lotus, its leaves intact, held upon its tusk, shines forth.

Verse 41 (bhagavata.3.13.41)

त्रयीमयं रूपमिदं च सौकरं भूमण्डलेनाथ दता धृतेन ते । चकास्ति शृङ्गोढघनेन भूयसा कुलाचलेन्द्रस्य यथैव विभ्रमः ॥ ४१ ॥

trayīmayaṁ rūpam idaṁ ca saukaraṁ bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te cakāsti śṛṅgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ

This form of Yours, the personified Vedas in the shape of a boar, sustained upon the earth held upon Your tusk, shines with even greater splendor — just as the peak of the king of great mountains, bearing the weight of the clouds, appears in its own majesty.

Verse 42 (bhagavata.3.13.42)

संस्थापयैनां जगतां सतस्थुषां लोकाय पत्नीमसि मातरं पिता । विधेम चास्यै नमसा सह त्वया यस्यां स्वतेजोऽग्निमिवारणावधाः ॥ ४२ ॥

saṁsthāpayaināṁ jagatāṁ sa-tasthuṣāṁ lokāya patnīm asi mātaraṁ pitā vidhema cāsyai namasā saha tvayā yasyāṁ sva-tejo ’gnim ivāraṇāv adhāḥ

Restore this earth to her place, for the dwelling of all beings, moving and unmoving; You are her father, and are the mother too; with You we offer our obeisances unto her, in whom, as in the araṇi wood, You have placed Your own fiery potency.

Verse 43 (bhagavata.3.13.43)

कः श्रद्दधीतान्यतमस्तव प्रभो रसां गताया भुव उद्विबर्हणम् । न विस्मयोऽसौ त्वयि विश्वविस्मये यो माययेदं ससृजेऽतिविस्मयम् ॥ ४३ ॥

kaḥ śraddadhītānyatamas tava prabho rasāṁ gatāyā bhuva udvibarhaṇam na vismayo ’sau tvayi viśva-vismaye yo māyayedaṁ sasṛje ’tivismayam

Who else, O Lord, could dare undertake the deliverance of the earth, sunk within the waters, save only You? Yet this is no wonder in You, for You are Yourself the wonder of the universe, who by Your own potency created this creation, which surpasses all wonder.

Verse 44 (bhagavata.3.13.44)

विधुन्वता वेदमयं निजं वपु- र्जनस्तपःसत्यनिवासिनो वयम् । सटाशिखोद्धूतशिवाम्बुबिन्दुभि- र्विमृज्यमाना भृशमीश पाविताः ॥ ४४ ॥

vidhunvatā vedamayaṁ nijaṁ vapur janas-tapaḥ-satya-nivāsino vayam saṭā-śikhoddhūta-śivāmbu-bindubhir vimṛjyamānā bhṛśam īśa pāvitāḥ

We, the residents of Janaloka, Tapoloka and Satyaloka, as You shake this Your own body of personified Veda, are being thoroughly purified, O Lord, sprinkled by the drops of auspicious water flung from the tips of Your mane.

Verse 45 (bhagavata.3.13.45)

स वै बत भ्रष्टमतिस्तवैषते यः कर्मणां पारमपारकर्मणः । यद्योगमायागुणयोगमोहितं विश्वं समस्तं भगवन् विधेहि शम् ॥ ४५ ॥

sa vai bata bhraṣṭa-matis tavaiṣate yaḥ karmaṇāṁ pāram apāra-karmaṇaḥ yad-yoga-māyā-guṇa-yoga-mohitaṁ viśvaṁ samastaṁ bhagavan vidhehi śam

Alas, whoever desires anything from You other than Yourself is indeed lost in judgment — from You, whose activities are unlimited, and whose own limit no activity can measure; by whose modes of mystic potency this entire universe lies bewildered, O Personality of Godhead, kindly bestow good fortune upon it.

Verse 46 (bhagavata.3.13.46)

मैत्रेय उवाच इत्युपस्थीयमानोऽसौ मुनिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः । सलिले स्वखुराक्रान्त उपाधत्तावितावनिम् ॥ ४६ ॥

maitreya uvāca ity upasthīyamāno ’sau munibhir brahma-vādibhiḥ salile sva-khurākrānta upādhattāvitāvanim

Maitreya said: Thus being praised by the sages, the transcendentalists, that Lord Boar, His hoof still touching the water, gently set down the earth, He the maintainer of all.

Verse 47 (bhagavata.3.13.47)

स इत्थं भगवानुर्वीं विष्वक्सेनः प्रजापतिः । रसाया लीलयोन्नीतामप्सु न्यस्य ययौ हरिः ॥ ४७ ॥

sa itthaṁ bhagavān urvīṁ viṣvaksenaḥ prajāpatiḥ rasāyā līlayonnītām apsu nyasya yayau hariḥ

Thus the Personality of Godhead, Viṣvaksena, the Lord of all beings, having easily raised the earth from within the waters, placed her upon the surface of the water and, He, Hari, returned to His own abode.

Verse 48 (bhagavata.3.13.48)

य एवमेतां हरिमेधसो हरेः । कथां सुभद्रां कथनीयमायिनः । शृण्वीत भक्त्या श्रवयेत वोशतीं जनार्दनोऽस्याशु हृदि प्रसीदति ॥ ४८ ॥

ya evam etāṁ hari-medhaso hareḥ kathāṁ subhadrāṁ kathanīya-māyinaḥ śṛṇvīta bhaktyā śravayeta vośatīṁ janārdano ’syāśu hṛdi prasīdati

Whoever hears with devotion, or causes others to hear, this most auspicious and pleasing narration of Hari, the merciful one by His own potency, who destroys the material bondage of His devotees — within his heart Janārdana becomes swiftly pleased.

Verse 49 (bhagavata.3.13.49)

तस्मिन् प्रसन्ने सकलाशिषां प्रभौ किं दुर्लभं ताभिरलं लवात्मभिः । अनन्यदृष्टया भजतां गुहाशयः स्वयं विधत्ते स्वगतिं परः पराम् ॥ ४९ ॥

tasmin prasanne sakalāśiṣāṁ prabhau kiṁ durlabhaṁ tābhir alaṁ lavātmabhiḥ ananya-dṛṣṭyā bhajatāṁ guhāśayaḥ svayaṁ vidhatte sva-gatiṁ paraḥ parām

When that Lord, the bestower of every blessing, becomes pleased, what remains difficult to obtain? Away with those trifling, insignificant gains — for the Supreme, who dwells within the heart, personally grants His own supreme, transcendental abode to those who worship Him with undivided vision.

Verse 50 (bhagavata.3.13.50)

को नाम लोके पुरुषार्थसारवित् पुराकथानां भगवत्कथासुधाम् । आपीय कर्णाञ्जलिभिर्भवापहा- महो विरज्येत विना नरेतरम् ॥ ५० ॥

ko nāma loke puruṣārtha-sāravit purā-kathānāṁ bhagavat-kathā-sudhām āpīya karṇāñjalibhir bhavāpahām aho virajyeta vinā naretaram

Who indeed in this world, who knows the true essence of life's goals, having drunk with the cupped hands of his ears the nectar of narrations concerning the Personality of Godhead, chief among all ancient histories — a nectar that destroys material existence — could, alas, remain indifferent, unless he be something other than human?