FolioCorpusBhagavad-gītā

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.8

తావత్ప్రసన్నో భగవాన్ పుష్కరాక్ష: కృతే యుగే । దర్శయామాస తం క్షత్త: శాబ్దం బ్రహ్మ దధద్వపు: ॥ ౮ ॥
tāvat prasanno bhagavān
[taavat prasanno bhagavaan]
puṣkarākṣaḥ kṛte yuge
[pushkaraakshah krite yuge]
darśayām āsa taṁ kṣattaḥ
[darshayaam aasa tam kshattah]
śābdaṁ brahma dadhad vapuḥ
[shaabdam brahma dadhad vapuh]
tāvat — then prasannaḥ — being pleased bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead puṣkara-akṣaḥ — lotus-eyed kṛte yuge — in the Satya-yuga darśayām āsa — showed tam — to that Kardama Muni kṣattaḥ — O Vidura śābdam — which is to be understood only through the Vedas brahma — the Absolute Truth dadhat — exhibiting vapuḥ — His transcendental body.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tāvat prasanno bhagavān
tāvat
then
prasannaḥ
being pleased
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
puṣkarākṣaḥ kṛte yuge
puṣkara-akṣaḥ
lotus-eyed
kṛte yuge
in the Satya-yuga
darśayām āsa taṁ kṣattaḥ
darśayām āsa
showed
tam
to that Kardama Muni
kṣattaḥ
O Vidura
śābdaṁ brahma dadhad vapuḥ
śābdam
which is to be understood only through the Vedas
brahma
the Absolute Truth
dadhat
exhibiting
vapuḥ
His transcendental body.
Then, in the Satya-yuga, the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead, being pleased, showed Himself to that Kardama Muni and displayed His transcendental form, which can be understood only through the Vedas.

Here two points are very significant. The first is that Kardama Muni attained success by yoga practice in the beginning of Satya-yuga, when people used to live for one hundred thousand years. Kardama Muni attained success, and the Lord, being pleased with him, showed him His form, which is not imaginary. Sometimes the impersonalists recommend that one can arbitrarily concentrate one’s mind on some form he imagines or which pleases him. But here it is very clearly said that the form which the Lord showed to Kardama Muni by His divine grace is described in the Vedic literature. Śābdaṁ brahma: the forms of the Lord are clearly indicated in the Vedic literature. Kardama Muni did not discover any imaginary form of God, as alleged by rascals; he actually saw the eternal, blissful and transcendental form of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Vidura! The lotus eyed Lord, having a body made of the Vedas, pleased with Kardama, showed him his form in Satya-yuga. Worshipping the Lord until he saw him, Kardama quickly saw the Lord by his mercy. The Lord is known only through scriptures. He had a body made of the Vedas. This is Śrīdhara Svāmī’s explanation. The phrase dadhat vapuḥ can also mean “revealing his form of eternity, knowledge and bliss.” It can also mean “nourished by the scents, garlands and food offered by Kardama.”
📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 21