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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 27
- utkṣipta-vālaḥ kha-caraḥ kaṭhoraḥ
- saṭā vidhunvan khara-romaśa-tvak
- khurāhatābhraḥ sita-daṁṣṭra īkṣā-
- jyotir babhāse bhagavān mahīdhraḥ
utkṣiptaslashing with the tail-vālaḥslashing with the tail — slashing with the tail; khain the sky-caraḥin the sky — in the sky; kaṭhoraḥvery hard — very hard; saṭāḥhairs on the shoulder — hairs on the shoulder; vidhunvanquivering — quivering; kharasharp — sharp; romaśaskin full of hairs-tvakskin full of hairs — skin full of hairs; khurastruck by the hooves-āhatastruck by the hooves — struck by the hooves; abhraḥthe clouds — the clouds; sitawhite tusks-daṁṣṭraḥwhite tusks — white tusks; īkṣāglance — glance; jyotiḥluminous — luminous; babhāsebegan to emit an effulgence — began to emit an effulgence; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; mahīthe supporter of the world-dhraḥthe supporter of the world — the supporter of the world.
Before entering the water to rescue the earth, Lord Boar flew in the sky, slashing His tail, His hard hairs quivering. His very glance was luminous, and He scattered the clouds in the sky with His hooves and His glittering white tusks.
When the Lord is offered prayers by His devotees, His transcendental activities are described. Here are some of the transcendental features of Lord Boar. As the residents of the upper three planetary systems offered their prayers to the Lord, it is understood that His body expanded throughout the sky, beginning from the topmost planet, Brahmaloka, or Satyaloka. It is stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā that His eyes are the sun and the moon; therefore His very glance over the sky was as illuminating as the sun or the moon. The Lord is described herein as mahīdhraḥ, which means either a "big mountain" or the "sustainer of the earth." In other words, the Lord's body was as big and hard as the Himalayan Mountains; otherwise how was it possible that He kept the entire earth on the support of His white tusks? The poet Jayadeva, a great devotee of the Lord, has sung of the incident in his prayers for the incarnations:
- vasati daśana-śikhare dharaṇī tava lagnā
- śaśini kalaṅka-kaleva nimagnā
- keśava dhṛta-śūkara-rūpa jaya jagadīśa hare
"All glories to Lord Keśava [Kṛṣṇa], who appeared as the boar. The earth was held between His tusks, which appeared like the scars on the moon."