Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.24
ब्रह्माणं हर्षयामास हरिस्तांश्च द्विजोत्तमान् ।
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brahmāṇaṁ harṣayām āsa
[brahmaanam harshayaam aasa]
haris tāṁś ca dvijottamān
[haris taamsh cha dvijottamaan]
sva-garjitena kakubhaḥ
[sva-garjitena kakubhah]
pratisvanayatā vibhuḥ
[pratisvanayataa vibhuh]
Word-for-word
brahmāṇam
—
unto Brahmā
harṣayām āsa
—
enlivened
hariḥ
—
the Personality of Godhead
tān
—
all of them
ca
—
also
dvija-uttamān
—
highly elevated brāhmaṇas
sva-garjitena
—
by His uncommon voice
kakubhaḥ
—
all directions
pratisvanayatā
—
which echoed
vibhuḥ
—
the omnipotent.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
brahmāṇaṁ harṣayām āsa
brahmāṇam
unto Brahmā
harṣayām āsa
enlivened
haris tāṁś ca dvijottamān
hariḥ
the Personality of Godhead
tān
all of them
ca
also
dvija-uttamān
highly elevated brāhmaṇas
sva-garjitena kakubhaḥ
sva-garjitena
by His uncommon voice
kakubhaḥ
all directions
pratisvanayatā vibhuḥ
pratisvanayatā
which echoed
vibhuḥ
the omnipotent.
The omnipotent Supreme Personality of Godhead enlivened Brahmā and the other highly elevated brāhmaṇas by again roaring with His uncommon voice, which echoed in all directions.
Purport
Brahmā and other enlightened brāhmaṇas who know the Supreme Personality of Godhead are enlivened by the appearance of the Lord in any of His multi-incarnations. The appearance of the wonderful and gigantic incarnation of Viṣṇu as the mountainlike boar did not fill them with any kind of fear, although the Lord’s resounding voice was tumultuous and echoed horribly in all directions as an open threat to all demons who might challenge His omnipotency.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord gave joy to Brahmā and the sages by his roaring, which echoed in all directions.
Pratisvanayatā means the roaring produced echoes in all directions (kakubhaḥ).
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Personal Guidance
The verse insists on the Lord's specific identity — not an idea of God but a person with name, form, and intent. Vague spirituality cannot reach what only personal address can. The verse anchors this in Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
- Where does your idea of God blur into a generic 'higher power' that asks nothing of you?
- What single attribute of the Lord, taken seriously today, would reorganize a corner of your life?
My note
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