evaṁ stutaḥ sura-gaṇair
Chapter Six
Carrying Mandara Mountain
|| 8.6.1 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
evaṁ stutaḥ sura-gaṇair
bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ
teṣām āvirabhūd rājan
sahasrārkodaya-dyutiḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! The Supreme Lord, praised by the devatās, appeared before them with the brilliance of a thousand rising suns.
The sixth chapter describes how the Lord appears, Brahmā praises him and on the Lord’s advice, the devatās approach Bali for producing nectar.
|| 8.6.2 ||
tenaiva sahasā sarve
devāḥ pratihatekṣaṇāḥ
nāpaśyan khaṁ diśaḥ kṣauṇīm
ātmānaṁ ca kuto vibhum
The devatās were blinded by the Lord's effulgence. They could not see the sky, the directions, the land, nor even themselves, what to speak of the Lord.
|| 8.6.3-7 ||
viriñco bhagavān dṛṣṭvā
saha śarveṇa tāṁ tanum
svacchāṁ marakata-śyāmāṁ
kañja-garbhāruṇekṣaṇām
tapta-hemāvadātena
lasat-kauśeya-vāsasā
prasanna-cāru-sarvāṅgīṁ
sumukhīṁ sundara-bhruvam
mahā-maṇi-kirīṭena
keyūrābhyāṁ ca bhūṣitām
karṇābharaṇa-nirbhāta-
kapola-śrī-mukhāmbujām
kāñcīkalāpa-valaya-
hāra-nūpura-śobhitām
kaustubhābharaṇāṁ lakṣmīṁ
bibhratīṁ vana-mālinīm
sudarśanādibhiḥ svāstrair
mūrtimadbhir upāsitām
tuṣṭāva deva-pravaraḥ
saśarvaḥ puruṣaṁ param
sarvāmara-gaṇaiḥ sākaṁ
sarvāṅgair avaniṁ gataiḥ
Lord Brahmā along with Lord Śiva and all the devatās bowed to the Lord by prostrating themselves on the ground, offered prayers. The Lord had a shining, blackish body, His eyes were reddish like the center of a lotus, and his attractive limbs were dressed in garments the color of molten gold. He had a beautiful face and eyebrows. He was decorated with a jeweled crown and bracelets. The cheeks of his lotus face were lit by earrings. He had belts and arm bands, a necklace and anklets. He wore a garland and the Kaustubha jewel, and held Lakṣmī on his chest. He was worshipped by his weapons personified such as the cakra.
Brahmā offered prayers. The sentence continues for five verses. Avadhāta means yellow. His lotus face had cheeks which were lit by his earrings.
|| 8.6.8 ||
śrī-brahmovāca
ajāta-janma-sthiti-saṁyamāyā-
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