Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.15

tvayy avyayātman purushe prakalpitā

lokāh sa-pālā bahu-jīva-sańkulāh

yathā jale sañjihate jalaukaso

'py udumbare maśakā mano-maye

SYNONYMS

tvayi — within You; avyaya-ātman — their inexhaustible one; purushe — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prakalpitāh — created; lokāh — the worlds; sa-pālāh — together with their protecting demigods; bahu — with many; jīva — living beings; sańkulāh — crowded; yathā — just as; jalein water; sañjihate — move about; jala-okasah — aquatic animals; api — indeed; udumbarein an udumbara fruit (a kind of fig); — or; maśakāh — small biting insects; manah — the mind (and other senses); maye — (in You) who comprise.

TRANSLATION

All the worlds, with their presiding demigods and teeming populations, originate in You, the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead. These worlds travel within You, the basis of the mind and senses, just as aquatics swim in the sea or tiny insects burrow within an udumbara fruit.

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