Canto 3, Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Verse 18 (SB 3.13.18)
SB 3.13.18 • मूल श्लोक

इत्यभिध्यायतो नासाविवरात्सहसानघ । वराहतोको निरगादङ्गुष्ठपरिमाणक: ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

ity abhidhyāyato nāsā- vivarāt sahasānagha varāha-toko niragād aṅguṣṭha-parimāṇakaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

iti — thus; abhidhyāyataḥ — while thinking; nāsā-vivarāt — from the nostrils; sahasā — all of a sudden; anagha — O sinless one; varāha-tokaḥ — a minute form of Varāha (a boar); niragāt — came out; aṅguṣṭha — the upper portion of the thumb; parimāṇakaḥ — of the measurement.

Translation

“O sinless Vidura, all of a sudden, while Brahmā was engaged in thinking, a small form of a boar came out of his nostril. The measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of a thumb.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda