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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.41
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
- trayīmayaṁ rūpam idaṁ ca saukaraṁ
- bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te
- cakāsti śṛṅgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā
- kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ
trayīVedas personified-mayamVedas personified — Vedas personified; rūpamform — form; idamthis — this; caalso — also; saukaramthe boar — the boar; bhūby the earth planet-maṇḍalenaby the earth planet — by the earth planet; athanow — now; datāby the tusk — by the tusk; dhṛtenasustained by — sustained by; teYour — Your; cakāstiis glowing — is glowing; śṛṅgasustained by the peaks-ūḍhasustained by the peaks — sustained by the peaks; ghanenaby the clouds — by the clouds; bhūyasāmore glorified — more glorified; kulaof the great mountains-acalaof the great mountains-indrasyaof the great mountains — of the great mountains; yathāas much as — as much as; evacertainly — certainly; vibhramaḥdecoration — decoration.
O Lord, as the peaks of great mountains become beautiful when decorated with clouds, Your transcendental body has become beautiful because of Your lifting the earth on the edge of Your tusks.
The word vibhramaḥ is significant. Vibhramaḥ means "illusion" as well as "beauty." When a cloud rests on the peak of a great mountain, it appears to be sustained by the mountain, and at the same time it looks very beautiful. Similarly, the Lord has no need to sustain the earth on His tusks, but when He does so the world becomes beautiful, just as the Lord becomes more beautiful because of His pure devotees on the earth. Although the Lord is the transcendental personification of the Vedic hymns, He has become more beautiful because of His appearance to sustain the earth.