Krishna Sandarbha of Jiva Goswami
by Kusakratha Prabhu | 351,887 words
This is the English translation of the Krishna-sandarbha by Shrila Jiva Goswami. It represents the second of his Shat-Sandarbhas which were explicitly written to prove that Shri Krishna is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead (i.e., Svayam Bhagavan) and the source of all other divine forms. The Krsna-Sandarbha treatise serves to conclude the...
Verse 82.2
Sanskrit text in Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 82.2:
मध्ये ध्वजा तु विज्ञेया
पद्मं त्र्याङ्गुल-मानतः
वज्रं वै दक्षिणे पर्श्वे
अङ्कुशो वै तद्-अग्रतःmadhye dhvajā tu vijñeyā
padmaṃ tryāṅgula-mānataḥ
vajraṃ vai dakṣiṇe parśve
aṅkuśo vai tad-agrataḥ[Word-by-word analysis:]
madhye—in the middle; dhvajā—a flag; tu—also; vijñayā—should be understood; padmam—a lotus flower; tri-aṅgula-mānataḥ—the measurement of 3 fingers; vajram—a thunderbolt; vai—certainly; dakṣiṇe—on the right; parśve—side; aṅkuśaḥ—a rod for controlling elephants; vai—certainly; tat-agrataḥ—before that.
English translation and comments:
"In the middle of Lord Kṛṣṇa's lotus foot there is the mark of a flag, and also a lotus flower, three fingers distant form the front of the foot. On the left side of His foot there is the mark of a thunderbolt and before that there is the mark of a rod for controlling elephants. Test 3 yavo 'py aṅgustha-mūle syāt
svastikaṃ yatra kutracit ādiṃ caraṇam ārabhya
yavaḥ-a barleycorn; api-also; aṅgustha-of the big toe; mūle at the base; syāt- is; svastikam-a svastika; yatra-where kutracit-somewhere; ādim-beginning; caraṇam-foot; ārabhya- having begun; yāvat-to which extent; vai-certainly; madhyamā-in the middle; sthitā-situated.
"At the base of the Lord's big toe there is the mark of a barleycorn and also the mark of a svastika.