3.3

purusottame eka udiya-brahmana-kumara

pitr-sunya, maha-sundara, mrdu-vyavahara

SYNONYMS

purusottame—in Jagannatha Puri; eka—one; udiya-brahmana-kumara—young son of a brahmana from Orissa; pitr-sunya—without his father; maha-sundara—possessing very beautiful bodily features; mrdu-vyavahara—having very gentle behavior.

In Jagannatha Puri there was a young boy who had been born of an Orissa brahmana but had later lost his father.

The boy’s features were very beautiful, and his behavior was extremely gentle.