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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.30.5

సుపర్ణస్కన్ధమారూఢో మేరుశ‍ృఙ్గమివామ్బుద: । పీతవాసా మణిగ్రీవ: కుర్వన్వితిమిరా దిశ: ॥ ౫ ॥
suparṇa-skandham ārūḍho
[suparna-skandham aaroodho]
meru-śṛṅgam ivāmbudaḥ
[meru-shringam ivaambudah]
pīta-vāsā maṇi-grīvaḥ
[peeta-vaasaa mani-greevah]
kurvan vitimirā diśaḥ
[kurvan vitimiraa dishah]
Word-for-word
suparṇa — of Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu skandham — the shoulder ārūḍhaḥ — sitting on meru — of the mountain named Meru śṛṅgam — on the summit iva — like ambudaḥ — a cloud pīta-vāsāḥ — wearing yellow garments maṇi-grīvaḥ — His neck decorated with the Kaustubha jewel kurvan — making vitimirāḥ — free from darkness diśaḥ — all directions.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
suparṇa-skandham ārūḍho
suparṇa
of Garuḍa, the carrier of Lord Viṣṇu
skandham
the shoulder
ārūḍhaḥ
sitting on
meru-śṛṅgam ivāmbudaḥ
meru
of the mountain named Meru
śṛṅgam
on the summit
iva
like
ambudaḥ
a cloud
pīta-vāsā maṇi-grīvaḥ
pīta-vāsāḥ
wearing yellow garments
maṇi-grīvaḥ
His neck decorated with the Kaustubha jewel
kurvan vitimirā diśaḥ
kurvan
making
vitimirāḥ
free from darkness
diśaḥ
all directions.
The Personality of Godhead, appearing on the shoulder of Garuḍa, seemed like a cloud resting on the summit of the mountain known as Meru. The transcendental body of the Personality of Godhead was covered by attractive yellow garments, and His neck was decorated with the jewel known as Kaustubha-maṇi. The bodily effulgence of the Lord dissipated all the darkness of the universe.
Purport

As stated in Caitanya-caritāmṛta ( Madhya 22.31) :

kṛṣṇa — sūrya-sama; māyā haya andhakāra yāhāṅ kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra

The Lord is just like the effulgent sun. Consequently, whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead is present, there cannot be darkness or ignorance. Actually this dark universe is illuminated by the sun, but the sun and moon simply reflect the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Lord. In Bhagavad-gītā (7.8) the Lord says, prabhāsmi śaśi-sūryayoḥ: “I am the illuminating energy of both the sun and the moon.” The conclusion is that the origin of all life is the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is also confirmed in Brahma-saṁhitā: yasya prabhā prabhavato jagad-aṇḍa-koṭi. Being illuminated by the bodily effulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, everything is freed from all darkness.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Riding on the shoulders of Garuḍa, he appeared like a cloud on the peak of Mount Meru. Wearing yellow cloth, with a jewel around his neck, he illuminated the directions.
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