Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.39.46-48
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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utsaṅge
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on the lap
Utsaṅga — the lap, the inner hollow between knees and chest. Mahā-Viṣṇu reclines on Śeṣa's lap-coils. Gauḍīyas note: the Lord rests in His own servant — the supreme rests on the supreme servant; bhakti is the substrate of even cosmic repose.
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ghana - śyāmam
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dark like a (rain) cloud
Ghana-śyāma — cloud-dark. The defining color of Kṛṣṇa-Viṣṇu, identical to Vraja-Kṛṣṇa's complexion. Akrūra notes: this Mahā-Viṣṇu has the same syāmala body as the boy in the chariot above.
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pīta - kauśeya - vāsasam
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wearing yellow silk garment
Pītāmbara — the yellow silk that is Viṣṇu's permanent signature. Vraja-Kṛṣṇa wears pīta-vastra; Mahā-Viṣṇu wears the same pīta-kauśeya. The identity of the two forms is iconographically being asserted.
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padma - patra - aruṇa - īkṣaṇam
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lotus-petal-reddish eyes
Padma-patrākṣa — eyes shaped like and reddened like lotus-petals. The most-meditated feature of Viṣṇu's form across Vaiṣṇava liturgy; here seen first-hand by Akrūra.
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catuḥ - bhujam
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four-armed
Catur-bhuja — Vaikuṇṭha-icon. Kṛṣṇa in Vraja is two-armed; Mahā-Viṣṇu is four-armed bearing conch-disc-club-lotus. Akrūra is now seeing the aiśvarya-mood Vraja systematically conceals.
In these verses Krsna’s amsa Narayana is described. From the beginning of the forty sixth verse until the verb (vilokya) in the fifty sixth verse, there is one sentence. He had high shoulders and shining chest, crease lines on his skin (balimat), and stomach shaped like an asvattha leaf. He had large buttocks, thighs and forearms (karabha), and slightly raised ankles. His lotus feet had tender toes.
Twelve verses describe the Lord lying on Ananta comfortably. Hari-vaṁśa says: tasyotsaṇge ghanaśyāmam śrīvatsācchāditodaram pītāmbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ sūpaviṣṭaṁ dadarśa ha He saw on the lap of Ananta. He had a dark complexion, and was seated comfortably, wearing yellow cloth, bearing the Śrīvatsa mark on his chest. He was seated on Ananta’s coils. This is a form of the puruṣa who acts as antaryāmī of the universe (Garbodhakaśāyī). This is made clear later: nato ’smy ahaṁ tvākhila-hetu-hetuṁ nārāyaṇaṁ pūruṣam ādyam avyayam yan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koṣād brahmāvirāsīd yata eṣa lokaḥ I bow down to you, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Nārāyaṇa. From the whorl of the lotus born from your navel, Brahmā appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being. SB 10.40.1 The form gave bliss to the eyes and mind (śāntam) since it was devoid of ferocity and other negative qualities. His eyes were pink at the edges like lotus petals. The words cāru and su are repeated to indicate that whatever he saw he realized in the most intense fashion. Śriyam means the golden line of Lakṣmī. This will be explained later as a form of his beloved. His throat was marked with three lines.
He saw the Lord sitting happily on the lap of Ananta. tasyotsaṇge ghanaśyāmam śrīvatsācchāditodaram pītāmbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ sūpaviṣṭaṁ dadarśa ha He saw the Lord on the lap of Ananta. He had a dark complexion, and was seated comfortably, wearing yellow cloth, bearing the Śrīvatsa mark on his chest. Hari-vaṁśa pradhāna-puruṣāv ādyau jagad-dhetū jagat-patī avatīrṇau jagaty-arthe svāṁśena bala-keśavau They were the primeval Lords, the masters and original causes of the universes, Keśava and Balarāma who had for the welfare of the earth now descended with their expansions. SB 10.38.32 Previously the brothers were considered equal, but now they are distinguished. Kṛṣṇa is distinguised by his mercy and other qualities. Or the display shows Kṛṣṇa’s great powers as Nārāyaṇa, the cause of the universe. He had a human form (puruṣam), which was attractive to the mind (śānṭam). His eyes were like lotus petals, pink at the edges. His face was beautiful and pleased (cāru). That he was showing his beautiful smile. Or he had a pleasing smile and glance. The words cāru and su are repeated to indicate the indescribable nature of his beauty. His arms were well shaped. He had Lakṣmī or beauty on his chest. His throat had three lines like a conch.
- Where do you keep cosmic-Viṣṇu and intimate-Kṛṣṇa as different gods?
- How does seeing the same Person in both forms steady your devotion?
Like one who climbs from the canopy of the world-serpent to its very lap and there beholds the Supreme Person Himself — dark as a rain-cloud, dressed in yellow silk, four-armed, lotus-eyed, smiling, with broad chest and deep navel and slender waist marked with three folds. Akrūra is now beholding Bhagavān in His own Vaikuṇṭha form, seated on the lap of His own infinite-serpent self.
My note
Source: vedabase.io