Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.3.23

sa tat kicaka-valmikat

saha-ojo-balanvitah

sarvavayava-sampanno

vajra-samhanano yuva

utthitas tapta-hemabho

vibhavasur ivaidhasah

SYNONYMS

sah -- Hiranyakasipu; tat -- that; kicaka-valmikat -- from the anthill and bamboo grove; sahah -- mental strength; ojah -- strength of the senses; bala -- and sufficient bodily strength; anvitah -- endowed with; sarva -- all; avayava -- the limbs of the body; sampannah -- fully restored; vajra-samhananah -- having a body as strong as a thunderbolt; yuva -- young; utthitah -- arisen; tapta-hema-abhah -- whose bodily luster became like molten gold; vibhavasuh -- fire; iva -- like; edhasah -- from fuel wood.

TRANSLATION

As soon as he was sprinkled with the water from Lord Brahma's waterpot, Hiranyakasipu arose, endowed with a full body with limbs so strong that they could bear the striking of a thunderbolt. With physical strength and a bodily luster resembling molten gold, he emerged from the anthill a completely young man, just as fire springs from fuel wood.

PURPORT

Hiranyakasipu was revitalized, so much so that his body was quite competent to tolerate the striking of thunderbolts. He was now a young man with a strong body and a very beautiful bodily luster resembling molten gold. This is the rejuvenation that took place because of his severe austerity and penance.

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