श्रीवत्साङ्कं घनश्यामं पुरुषं वनमालिनम् । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मैरभिव्यक्तचतुर्भुजम् ॥ ४७ ॥
srivatsankam ghana-syamam purusam vana-malinam sankha-cakra-gada-padmair abhivyakta-caturbhujam
- srivatsa-ankam
- the mark of Srivatsa on the chest of the Lord
- ghana-syamam
- deeply bluish
- purusam
- the Supreme Person
- vana-malinam
- with a garland of flowers
- sankha
- conchshell
- cakra
- wheel
- gada
- club
- padmaih
- lotus flower
- abhivyakta
- manifested
- catuh-bhujam
- four handed.
The Lord is further described as having the mark of Srivatsa, or the sitting place of the goddess of fortune, and His bodily hue is deep bluish. The Lord is a person, He wears a garland of flowers, and He is eternally manifest with four hands, which hold (beginning from the lower left hand) a conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower.