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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.30.7

పీనాయతాష్టభుజమణ్డలమధ్యలక్ష్మ్యా స్పర్ధచ్ఛ్రియా పరివృతో వనమాలయాద్య: । బర్హిష్మత: పురుష ఆహ సుతాన్ ప్రపన్నాన్ పర్జన్యనాదరుతయా సఘృణావలోక: ॥ ౭ ॥
pīnāyatāṣṭa-bhuja-maṇḍala-madhya-lakṣmyā
[peenaayataashta-bhuja-mandala-madhya-lakshmyaa]
spardhac-chriyā parivṛto vana-mālayādyaḥ
[spardhach-chriyaa parivrito vana-maalayaadyah]
barhiṣmataḥ puruṣa āha sutān prapannān
[barhishmatah purusha aaha sutaan prapannaan]
parjanya-nāda-rutayā saghṛṇāvalokaḥ
[parjanya-naada-rutayaa saghrinaavalokah]
Word-for-word
pīna — stout āyata — long aṣṭa — eight bhuja — arms maṇḍala — encirclement madhya — in the midst of lakṣmyā — with the goddess of fortune spardhat — contending śriyā — whose beauty parivṛtaḥ — encircled vana-mālayā — by a flower garland ādyaḥ — the original Personality of Godhead barhiṣmataḥ — of King Prācīnabarhi puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead āha — addressed sutān — the sons prapannān — surrendered parjanya — like a cloud nāda — whose sound rutayā — by a voice sa-ghṛṇa — with mercy avalokaḥ — His glancing.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pīnāyatāṣṭa-bhuja-maṇḍala-madhya-lakṣmyā
pīna
stout
āyata
long
aṣṭa
eight
bhuja
arms
maṇḍala
encirclement
madhya
in the midst of
lakṣmyā
with the goddess of fortune
spardhac-chriyā parivṛto vana-mālayādyaḥ
spardhat
contending
śriyā
whose beauty
parivṛtaḥ
encircled
vana-mālayā
by a flower garland
ādyaḥ
the original Personality of Godhead
barhiṣmataḥ puruṣa āha sutān prapannān
barhiṣmataḥ
of King Prācīnabarhi
puruṣaḥ
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
āha
addressed
sutān
the sons
prapannān
surrendered
parjanya-nāda-rutayā saghṛṇāvalokaḥ
parjanya
like a cloud
nāda
whose sound
rutayā
by a voice
sa-ghṛṇa
with mercy
avalokaḥ
His glancing.
Around the neck of the Personality of Godhead hung a flower garland that reached to His knees. His eight stout and elongated arms were decorated with that garland, which challenged the beauty of the goddess of fortune. With a merciful glance and a voice like thunder, the Lord addressed the sons of King Prācīnabarhiṣat, who were very much surrendered unto Him.
Purport

The word ādyaḥ in this verse is very significant. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin even of Paramātmā and Brahman. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (14.27) , brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham: the Absolute Truth begins not with the impersonal Brahman but with the original Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. When Arjuna realized Kṛṣṇa’s greatness, he addressed Him in this way:

paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān puruṣaṁ śāśvataṁ divyam ādi-devam ajaṁ vibhum

“You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty.” (Bg. 10.12)

The Brahma-saṁhitā also says, anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam: “The Supreme Lord is not caused by anything [ anādi ], but He is the cause of all causes.” The Vedānta-sūtra says, janmādy asya yataḥ: “The Absolute Truth is that from which everything emanates.” The Absolute Truth is described as ādi-puruṣa. The Absolute Truth is therefore a person and is not impersonal.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Accompanied by Lakṣmī who competed with the beauty of his array of eight long, thick arms, the Lord, wearing a garland, with merciful glance spoke to the surrendered sons of Prācīnabarhi in a thunderous voice. He appeared with Lakṣmī who competed with the beauty of his arms. He spoke with a voice making a sound like the clouds. He had a merciful glance (saghṛṇāvalokaḥ).
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BG 10.12-13
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