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SB 4.21.17

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 17

sūkṣma-vakrāsita-snigdha-
mūrdhajaḥ kambu-kandharaḥ
mahā-dhane dukūlāgrye
paridhāyopavīya ca


SYNONYMS

sūkṣma — very fine; vakra — curly; asita — black; snigdha — slick; mūrdhajaḥ — hair on the head; kambu — like a conch; kandharaḥ — neck; mahā-dhane — very valuable; dukūla-agrye — dressed with a dhotī; paridhāya — on the upper portion of the body; upavīya — placed like a sacred thread; ca — also.


TRANSLATION

The black, slick hair on his head was very fine and curly, and his neck, like a conchshell, was decorated with auspicious lines. He wore a very valuable dhotī, and there was a nice wrapper on the upper part of his body.



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