अङ्गुष्ठमात्रममलं स्फुरत्पुरटमौलिनम् ।
अपीव्यदर्शनं श्यामं तडिद्वाससमच्युतम् ॥८॥

aṅguṣṭha-mātram amalaṁ
sphurat-puraṭa-maulinam
apīvya-darśanaṁ śyāmaṁ
taḍid vāsasam acyutam

 aṅguṣṭha - by the measure of a thumb; mātram - only; amalam - transcendental; sphurat - blazing; puraṭa - gold; maulinam - helmet; apīvya - very beautiful; darśanam - to look at; śyāmam - blackish; taḍit - lightning; vāsasam - clothing; acyutam - the Infallible (the Lord).


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He [the Lord] was only thumb high, but He was all transcendental. He had a very beautiful, blackish, infallible body, and He wore a dress of lightning yellow and a helmet of blazing gold. Thus He was seen by the child.

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