SB 3.13.41 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.41

त्रयीमयं रूपमिदं च सौकरं भूमण्डलेनाथ दता धृतेन ते । चकास्ति श‍ृङ्गोढघनेन भूयसा कुलाचलेन्द्रस्य यथैव विभ्रम: ॥ ४१ ॥

trayīmayaṁ rūpam idaṁ ca saukaraṁ

[trayeemayam roopam idam cha saukaram]

bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te

[bhoo-mandalenaatha dataa dhritena te]

cakāsti śṛṅgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā

[chakaasti shringodha-ghanena bhooyasaa]

kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ

[kulaachalendrasya yathaiva vibhramah]

Word-for-word

trayī-mayam — Vedas personified rūpam — form idam — this ca — also saukaram — the boar bhū-maṇḍalena — by the earth planet atha — now datā — by the tusk dhṛtena — sustained by te — Your cakāsti — is glowing śṛṅga-ūḍha — sustained by the peaks ghanena — by the clouds bhūyasā — more glorified kula-acala-indrasya — of the great mountains yathā — as much as eva — certainly vibhramaḥ — decoration.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

trayīmayaṁ rūpam idaṁ ca saukaraṁ

trayī-mayam

Vedas personified

rūpam

form

idam

this

also

saukaram

the boar

bhū-maṇḍalenātha datā dhṛtena te

bhū-maṇḍalena

by the earth planet

atha

now

datā

by the tusk

dhṛtena

sustained by

Your

cakāsti śṛṅgoḍha-ghanena bhūyasā

cakāsti

is glowing

śṛṅga-ūḍha

sustained by the peaks

ghanena

by the clouds

bhūyasā

more glorified

kulācalendrasya yathaiva vibhramaḥ

kula-acala-indrasya

of the great mountains

yathā

as much as

eva

certainly

vibhramaḥ

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.

Purport

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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Your form of a boar, personifying the Vedas, appears beautiful with the earth held by your tusks, just as a huge mountain appears beautiful with a huge cloud held on its peak. Just as the earth appears beautiful when held by you, you appear beautiful when embraced by your devotee, the earth. The Lord has the beauty of a huge mountain (kulācalendrasya) with a cloud held on its peak.

Related lectures

BBGS SB 03-13-41 Russian Translation - 1994-07-17 Moscow
His Holiness Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami· 1994-07-17· Russian

Personal Guidance

Devotion in this verse is not a feeling to wait for but a practice to take up. The heart catches up to the hands once we begin acting on the Lord's behalf instead of our own.

Reflection Questions

What ordinary activity could you re-aim today so it becomes an offering rather than a transaction?
Whom in your life would notice if your devotional service deepened, and what would they see?

📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io