SB 4.21.16 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

व्यूढवक्षा बृहच्छ्रोणिर्वलिवल्गुदलोदर: ।

आवर्तनाभिरोजस्वी काञ्चनोरुरुदग्रपात् ॥ १६ ॥

Verse text

vyūḍha-vakṣā bṛhac-chroṇir

vali-valgu-dalodaraḥ

āvarta-nābhir ojasvī

kāñcanorur udagra-pāt

Synonyms

vyūḍha — broad ; vakṣāḥ — chest ; bṛhat-śroṇiḥ — thick waist ; vali — wrinkles ; valgu — very beautiful ; dala — like a leaf of a banyan tree ; udaraḥ — abdomen ; āvarta — coiled ; nābhiḥ — navel ; ojasvī — lustrous ; kāñcana — golden ; uruḥ — thighs ; udagra-pāt — arched instep.

Translation

The chest of Mahārāja Pṛthu was very broad, his waist was very thick, and his abdomen, wrinkled by lines of skin, resembled in construction a leaf of a banyan tree. His navel was coiled and deep, his thighs were of a golden hue, and his instep was arched.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He had a broad chest, large waist, an abdomen shaped like a banyan leaf with three lines, a twirled navel, golden thighs and feet raised in front. He had a broad chest. He had a beautiful abdomen shaped like a banyan leaf, with tip pointing down, broad at the top and narrow at the bottom, spread with three lines horizontally. Below that was his navel twirling clockwise. He had limbs like golden pillars. The front parts of his feet were raised.