Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 8: The Churning of the Milk Ocean

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.8.32

dīrgha-pīvara-dor-daṇḍaḥ

kambu-grīvo 'ruṇekṣaṇaḥ

śyāmalas taruṇaḥ sragvī

sarvābharaṇa-bhūṣitaḥ

SYNONYMS

dīrgha — long; pīvara — stout and strong; doḥ-daṇḍaḥ — the arms; kambu — like a conchshell; grīvaḥ — the neck; aruṇa-īkṣaṇaḥ — reddish eyes; śyāmalaḥ — blackish complexion; taruṇaḥ — very young; sragvī — wearing a flower garland; sarva — all; ābharaṇa — with ornaments; bhūṣitaḥ — decorated.

TRANSLATION

He was strongly built; his arms were long, stout and strong; his neck, which was marked with three lines, resembled a conchshell; his eyes were reddish; and his complexion was blackish. He was very young, he was garlanded with flowers, and his entire body was fully decorated with various ornaments.

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