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  "name":"SB 3.21.9",
  "h1":"SB 3.21.9",
  "label":"Text 9",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.21.9",
  "description":"Kardama Muni saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is free from material contamination, in His eternal form, effulgent like the sun, wearing a garland of white lotuses and water lilies. The Lord was clad in spotless yellow silk, and His lotus face was fringed with slick dark locks of curly hair."

} —

SB 3.21.9

स तं विरजमर्काभं सितपद्मोत्पलस्रजम् ।
स्निग्धनीलालकव्रात वक्त्राब्जं विरजोऽम्बरम् ॥९॥

Text

sa taṁ virajam arkābhaṁ
sita-padmotpala-srajam
snigdha-nīlālaka-vrāta-
vaktrābjaṁ virajo 'mbaram

Synonyms

saḥ—that Kardama Muni; tam—Him; virajam—without contamination; arka-ābham—effulgent like the sun; sita—white; padma—lotuses; utpala—water lilies; srajam—garland; snigdha—slick; nīla—blackish-blue; alaka—of locks of hair; vrāta—an abundance; vaktra—face; abjam—lotuslike; virajaḥ—spotless; ambaram—clothing.

Translation

Kardama Muni saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is free from material contamination, in His eternal form, effulgent like the sun, wearing a garland of white lotuses and water lilies. The Lord was clad in spotless yellow silk, and His lotus face was fringed with slick dark locks of curly hair.