SB 12.8.34 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तौ शुक्लकृष्णौ नवकञ्जलोचनौ चतुर्भुजौ रौरववल्कलाम्बरौ । पवित्रपाणी उपवीतकं त्रिवृत् कमण्डलुं दण्डमृजुं च वैणवम् ॥ ३३ ॥ पद्माक्षमालामुत जन्तुमार्जनं वेदं च साक्षात्तप एव रूपिणौ । तपत्तडिद्वर्णपिशङ्गरोचिषा प्रांशू दधानौ विबुधर्षभार्चितौ ॥ ३४ ॥

Verse text

tau śukla-kṛṣṇau nava-kaṣja-locanau catur-bhujau raurava-valkalāmbarau pavitra-pāṇī upavītakaṁ tri-vṛt kamaṇḍaluṁ daṇḍam ṛjuṁ ca vaiṇavam padmākṣa-mālām uta jantu-mārjanaṁ vedaṁ ca sākṣāt tapa eva rūpiṇau tapat-taḍid-varṇa-piśaṅga-rociṣā prāṁśū dadhānau vibudharṣabhārcitau

Synonyms

tau — the two of Them ; śukla — kṛṣṇau — one white and the other black ; nava — kaṣja — like blooming lotus flowers ; locanau — Their eyes ; catuḥ — bhujau — having four arms ; raurava — black deerskin ; valkala — and bark ; ambarau — as Their clothing ; pavitra — most purifying ; pāṇī — Their hands ; upavītakam — sacred thread ; tri — vṛt — threefold ; kamaṇḍalum — waterpot ; daṇḍam — staff ; ṛjum — straight ; ca — and ; vaiṇavam — made of bamboo ; padma — akṣa — of lotus seeds ; mālām — prayer beads ; uta — and ; jantu — mārjanam — which purifies all living beings ; vedam — the Vedas (represented by bundles of darbha grass) ; ca — and ; sākṣāt — directly ; tapaḥ — austerity ; eva — indeed ; rūpiṇau — personified ; tapat — blazing ; taḍit — lightning ; varṇa — the color ; piśaṅga — yellowish ; rociṣā — with Their effulgence ; prāṁśū — very tall ; dadhānau — bearing ; vibudha — ṛṣabha — by the chief of the demigods ; arcitau — worshiped .

Translation

One of Them was of a whitish complexion, the other blackish, and They both had four arms. Their eyes resembled the petals of blooming lotuses, and They wore garments of black deerskin and bark, along with the three-stranded sacred thread. In Their hands, which were most purifying, They carried the mendicant’s waterpot, straight bamboo staff and lotus-seed prayer beads, as well as the all-purifying Vedas in the symbolic form of bundles of darbha grass. Their bearing was tall and Their yellow effulgence the color of radiant lightning. Appearing as austerity personified, They were being worshiped by the foremost demigods.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

One form was white and the other black. They had four arms and eyes resembling lotus petals. They wore garments of black deerskin and bark, along with the three-stranded sacred thread and had pavitras of kuśa on their hands. They carried the mendicant's waterpot, straight bamboo staff and lotus-seed prayer beads, as well as the all-purifying Vedas in the symbolic form of bundles of darbha grass. The tall figures, austerity personified, flashing with yellow rays like lightning, were being worshiped by the foremost devatās. They wore skin of the black deer and bark for clothing and a sacred thread of newly woven thread in three strands. They held water pots in their hands. They held the Vedas which purify men. Some say this means they held darbha, representing the Vedas. They were the personification of austerity. They were tall. Their yellow effulgence looked like flashing lightning.