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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- pītāṁśuke pṛthu-nitambini visphurantyā
- kāñcyālibhir virutayā vana-mālayā ca
- valgu-prakoṣṭha-valayaṁ vinatā-sutāṁse
- vinyasta-hastam itareṇa dhunānam abjam
pītacovered with a yellow cloth-aṁśukecovered with a yellow cloth — covered with a yellow cloth; pṛthuon His large hips-nitambinion His large hips — on His large hips; visphurantyāshining brightly — shining brightly; kāñcyāwith a girdle — with a girdle; alibhiḥby the bees — by the bees; virutayāhumming — humming; vanawith a garland of fresh flowers-mālayāwith a garland of fresh flowers — with a garland of fresh flowers; caand — and; valgulovely — lovely; prakoṣṭhawrists — wrists; valayambracelets — bracelets; vinatāof Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā-sutaof Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā — of Garuḍa, the son of Vinatā; aṁseon the shoulder — on the shoulder; vinyastarested — rested; hastamone hand — one hand; itareṇawith another hand — with another hand; dhunānambeing twirled — being twirled; abjama lotus flower — a lotus flower.
He was adorned with a girdle that shone brightly on the yellow cloth covering His large hips, and He wore a garland of fresh flowers which was distinguished by humming bees. His lovely wrists were graced with bracelets, and He rested one of His hands on the shoulder of Garuḍa, His carrier, and twirled a lotus with another hand.
Here is a full description of the Personality of Godhead as personally experienced by the sages. The Lord's personal body was covered with yellow robes, and His waist was thin. In Vaikuṇṭha, whenever there is a flower garland on the chest of the Personality of Godhead or any one of His associates, it is described that the humming bees are there. All these features were very beautiful and attractive for the devotees. One of the Lord's hands rested on His carrier, Garuḍa, and in another hand He twirled a lotus flower. These are personal characteristics of the Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa.