SB 3.13.19

SB 3.13.19

Devanagari

तस्याभिपश्यत: खस्थ: क्षणेन किल भारत ।
गजमात्र: प्रववृधे तदद्भुतमभून्महत् ॥ १९ ॥

Verse text

tasyābhipaśyataḥ kha-sthaḥ
kṣaṇena kila bhārata
gaja-mātraḥ pravavṛdhe
tad adbhutam abhūn mahat

Synonyms

tasya — his ; abhipaśyataḥ — while thus observing ; kha-sthaḥ — situated in the sky ; kṣaṇena — suddenly ; kila — verily ; bhārata — O descendant of Bharata ; gaja-mātraḥ — just like an elephant ; pravavṛdhe — thoroughly expanded ; tat — that ; adbhutam — extraordinary ; abhūt — transformed ; mahat — into a gigantic body.

Translation

O descendant of Bharata, while Brahmā was observing Him, that boar became situated in the sky in a wonderful manifestation as gigantic as a great elephant.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

While Brahmā watched, the pig became situated in the sky and increased to the size of an elephant in a moment. It became most astonishing. Gaja-mātraḥ means the size of an elephant.