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Bhagavatapurana 3.2.12

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.2.12

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3.2.12

yan martya-līlaupayikaṃ sva-yoga- māyā-balaṃ darśayatā gṛhītam /
vismāpanaṃ svasya ca saubhagarddheḥ paraṃ padaṃ bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅgam //

12. It was a form intended for the purpose of His Leelas or activities in imitation of men, which He assumed in displaying the strength of His Yoga-maya; it was (as it were) an object of wonder to Himself, and the perfect abode of Beauty in the fullest measure, whose members were ornaments to ornaments (*i. e.* gave a charm to the ornaments worn upon them).

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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