यत् तद् वपुर्भाति विभूषणायुधै- रव्यक्तचिद्वयक्तमधारयद्धरि: । बभूव तेनैव स वामनो वटु: सम्पश्यतोर्दिव्यगतिर्यथा नट: ॥ १२ ॥
yat tad vapur bhati vibhusanayudhair avyakta-cid-vyaktam adharayad dharih babhuva tenaiva sa vamano vatuh sampasyator divya-gatir yatha natah
- yat
- which
- tat
- that
- vapuh
- transcendental body
- bhati
- manifests
- vibhusana
- with regular ornaments
- ayudhaih
- and with weapons
- avyakta
- unmanifested
- cit-vyaktam
- spiritually manifested
- adharayat
- assumed
- harih
- the Lord
- babhuva
- immediately became
- tena
- with that
- eva
- certainly
- sah
- He (the Lord)
- vamanah
- dwarf
- vatuh
- a brahmana brahmacari
- sampasyatoh
- while both His father and mother were seeing
- divya-gatih
- whose movements are wonderful
- yatha
- as
- natah
- a theatrical actor
The Lord appeared in His original form, with ornaments and weapons in His hands. Although this ever-existing form is not visible in the material world, He nonetheless appeared in this form. Then, in the presence of His father and mother, He assumed the form of Vamana, a brahmana-dwarf, a brahmacari, just like a theatrical actor.