Chapter 15
ब्रह्मा जगद्गुरुर्देवै: सहासृत्य सुरेश्वरै: । वैन्यस्य दक्षिणे हस्ते दृष्ट्वा चिह्नं गदाभृत: ॥ ९ ॥ पादयोररविन्दं च तं वै मेने हरे: कलाम् । यस्याप्रतिहतं चक्रमंश: स परमेष्ठिन: ॥ १० ॥
Transliteration
brahmā jagad-gurur devaiḥ sahāsṛtya sureśvaraiḥ vainyasya dakṣiṇe haste dṛṣṭvā cihnaṁ gadābhṛtaḥpādayor aravindaṁ ca taṁ vai mene hareḥ kalām yasyāpratihataṁ cakram aṁśaḥ sa parameṣṭhinaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
brahmā — Lord Brahmā; jagat-guruḥ — the master of the universe; devaiḥ — by the demigods; saha — accompanied; āsṛtya — arriving; sura-īśvaraiḥ — with the chiefs of all the heavenly planets; vainyasya — of Mahārāja Pṛthu, the son of Vena; dakṣiṇe — right; haste — on the hand; dṛṣṭvā — seeing; cihnam — mark; gadā-bhṛtaḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu, who carries a club; pādayoḥ — on the two feet; aravindam — lotus flower; ca — also; tam — him; vai — certainly; mene — he understood; hareḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kalām — part of a plenary expansion; yasya — whose; apratihatam — invincible; cakram — disc; aṁśaḥ — partial representation; saḥ — he; parameṣṭhinaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Translation
“Lord Brahmā, the master of the entire universe, arrived there accompanied by all the demigods and their chiefs. Seeing the lines of Lord Viṣṇu’s palm on King Pṛthu’s right hand and impressions of lotus flowers on the soles of his feet, Lord Brahmā could understand that King Pṛthu was a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One whose palm bears the sign of a disc, as well as other such lines, should be considered a partial representation or incarnation of the Supreme Lord.”