tam adbhutaá¹ bÄlakam ambujeká¹£aṇaá¹
catur-bhujaá¹ Å›aá¹…kha-gadÄdy-udÄyudham
Å›rÄ«vatsa-laká¹£maá¹ gala-Å›obhi-kaustubhaá¹
pÄ«tÄmbaraá¹ sÄndra-payoda-saubhagam
mahÄrha-vaidÅ«rya-kirÄ«á¹a-kuṇá¸ala-
tviá¹£Ä pariá¹£vakta-sahasra-kuntalam
uddÄma-kÄñcy-aá¹…gada-kaá¹…kaṇÄdibhir
virocamÄnaá¹ vasudeva aiká¹£ata
tam - that; adbhutam - wonderful; bÄlakam - child; ambuja-Ä«ká¹£aṇam - with eyes resembling lotuses; catuḥ-bhujam - with four hands; Å›aá¹…kha-gadÄ-Ädi - bearing a conchshell, club, disc and lotus (in those four hands); udÄyudham - different weapons; Å›rÄ«vatsa-laká¹£mam - decorated with a particular type of hair called ÅšrÄ«vatsa, which is visible only on the chest of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; gala-Å›obhi-kaustubham - on His neck was the Kaustubha gem, which is particularly available in Vaikuṇá¹haloka; pÄ«ta-ambaram - His garments were yellow; sÄndra-payoda-saubhagam - very beautiful, being present with the hue of blackish clouds; mahÄ-arha-vaidÅ«rya-kirÄ«á¹a-kuṇá¸ala - of His helmet and earrings, which were studded with very valuable VaidÅ«rya gems; tviá¹£Ä - by the beauty; pariá¹£vakta-sahasra-kuntalam - brilliantly illuminated by scattered, fully grown hair; uddÄma-kÄñcÄ«-aá¹…gada-kaá¹…kaṇa-Ädibhiḥ - with a brilliant belt on His waist, armbands on His arms, bracelets on His wrists, etc.; virocamÄnam - very beautifully decorated; vasudevaḥ - Vasudeva, the father of Kṛṣṇa; aiká¹£ata - saw.
Vasudeva then saw the newborn child, who had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and who bore in His four hands the four weapons Å›aá¹…kha, cakra, gadÄ and padma. On His chest was the mark of ÅšrÄ«vatsa and on His neck the brilliant Kaustubha gem. Dressed in yellow, His body blackish like a dense cloud, His scattered hair fully grown, and His helmet and earrings sparkling uncommonly with the valuable gem VaidÅ«rya, the child, decorated with a brilliant belt, armlets, bangles and other ornaments, appeared very wonderful.
To support the word adbhutam, meaning “wonderful,†the decorations and opulences of the newborn child are fully described. As confirmed in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.30), barhÄvataá¹sam asitÄmbuda-sundarÄá¹…gam: the hue of the Lord’s beautiful form resembles the blackish color of dense clouds (asita means “blackish,†and ambuda means “cloudâ€). It is clear from the word catur-bhujam that Kṛṣṇa first appeared with four hands, as Lord Viṣṇu. No ordinary child in human society has ever been born with four hands. And when is a child born with fully grown hair? The descent of the Lord, therefore, is completely distinct from the birth of an ordinary child. The VaidÅ«rya gem, which sometimes appears bluish, sometimes yellow and sometimes red, is available in Vaikuṇá¹haloka. The Lord’s helmet and earrings were decorated with this particular gem.
