अथ ह तमाविष्कृतभुजयुगलद्वयं हिरण्मयं पुरुषविशेषं कपिशकौशेयाम्बरधरमुरसि विलसच्छ्रीवत्सललामं दरवरवनरुहवनमालाच्छूर्यमृतमणिगदादिभिरुपलक्षितं स्फुटकिरणप्रवरमुकुटकुण्डलकटककटिसूत्रहारकेयूरनूपुराद्यङ्गभूषणविभूषितमृत्विक् सदस्यगृहपतयोऽधना इवोत्तमधनमुपलभ्य सबहुमानमर्हणेनावनतशीर्षाण उपतस्थु: ॥ ३ ॥
atha ha tam aviskrta-bhuja-yugala-dvayam hiranmayam purusa-visesam kapisa-kauseyambara-dharam urasi vilasac-chrivatsa-lalamam daravara-vanaruha-vana-malacchury-amrta-mani-gadadibhir upalaksitam sphuta-kirana-pravara-mukuta-kundala-kataka-kati-sutra-hara-keyura-nupurady-anga-bhusana-vibhusitam rtvik-sadasya-grha-patayo ’dhana ivottama-dhanam upalabhya sabahu-manam arhanenavanata-sirsana upatasthuh.
- atha
- thereafter
- ha
- certainly
- tam
- Him
- aviskrta-bhuja-yugala-dvayam
- who manifested Himself with four arms
- hiranmayam
- very bright
- purusa-visesam
- the topmost of all living beings, Purusottama
- kapisa-kauseya-ambara-dharam
- wearing a yellow silk garment
- urasi
- on the chest
- vilasat
- beautiful
- srivatsa
- called Srivatsa
- lalamam
- possessing the mark
- dara-vara
- by a conchshell
- vana-ruha
- lotus flower
- vana-mala
- garland of forest flowers
- acchuri
- disc
- amrta-mani
- the Kaustubha gem
- gada-adibhih
- and by a club and other symbols
- upalaksitam
- symptomized
- sphuta-kirana
- radiant
- pravara
- excellent
- mukuta
- helmet
- kundala
- earrings
- kataka
- bracelets
- kati-sutra
- girdle
- hara
- necklace
- keyura
- armlets
- nupura
- ankle bells
- adi
- and so on
- anga
- of the body
- bhusana
- with ornaments
- vibhusitam
- decorated
- rtvik
- the priests
- sadasya
- associates
- grha-patayah
- and King Nabhi
- adhanah
- poor persons
- iva
- like
- uttama-dhanam
- a great treasure
- upalabhya
- having achieved
- sa-bahu-manam
- with great regard
- arhanena
- with ingredients for worship
- avanata
- bent
- sirsanah
- their heads
- upatasthuh
- worshiped
Lord Visnu appeared before King Nabhi with four arms. He was very bright, and He appeared to be the best of all personalities. Around the lower portion of His body, He wore a yellow silken garment. On His chest was the mark of Srivatsa, which always displays beauty. He carried a conchshell, lotus flower, disc and club, and He wore a garland of forest flowers and the Kaustubha gem. He was beautifully decorated with a helmet, earrings, bangles, belt, pearl necklace, armlets, ankle bells and other bodily ornaments bedecked with radiant jewels. Seeing the Lord present before them, King Nabhi and his priests and associates felt just like poor people who have suddenly attained great riches. They received the Lord and respectfully bent their heads and offered Him things in worship.