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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.11.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- sa uccakāśe dhavalodaro daro
- 'py urukramasyādharaśoṇa-śoṇimā
- dādhmāyamānaḥ kara-kañja-sampuṭe
- yathābja-khaṇḍe kala-haṁsa utsvanaḥ
saḥthat — that; uccakāśebecame brilliant — became brilliant; dhavalawhite and fat-boweled-udaraḥwhite and fat-boweled — white and fat-boweled; daraḥconchshell — conchshell; apialthough it is so — although it is so; urukramasyaof the great adventurer — of the great adventurer; adharaśoṇaby the transcendental quality of His lips — by the transcendental quality of His lips; śoṇimāreddened — reddened; dādhmāyamānaḥbeing sounded — being sounded; karabeing caught by the grip of the lotus hand-kañjabeing caught by the grip of the lotus hand-sampuṭebeing caught by the grip of the lotus hand — being caught by the grip of the lotus hand; yathāas it is — as it is; abjaby the stems of lotus flowers-khaṇḍeby the stems of lotus flowers — by the stems of lotus flowers; kaladucking swan-haṁsaḥducking swan — ducking swan; utsvanaḥloudly sounding — loudly sounding.
The white and fat-boweled conchshell, being gripped by the hand of Lord Kṛṣṇa and sounded by Him, appeared to be reddened by the touch of His transcendental lips. It seemed that a white swan was playing in the stems of red lotus flowers.
The redness of the white conchshell due to the lip-touch of the Lord is a symbol of spiritual significance. The Lord is all spirit, and matter is ignorance of this spiritual existence. Factually there is nothing like matter in spiritual enlightenment, and this spiritual enlightenment takes place at once by the contact of the Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The Lord is present in every particle of all existence, and He can manifest His presence in anyone. By ardent love and devotional service to the Lord, or in other words by spiritual contact with the Lord, everything becomes spiritually reddened like the conchshell in the grip of the Lord, and the paramahaṁsa, or the supremely intelligent person, plays the part of the ducking swan in the water of spiritual bliss, eternally decorated by the lotus flower of the Lord's feet.