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| Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation | Chapter 1: The First Step in God Realization |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.1.28
urah-sthalam jyotir-anīkam asya
grīvā mahar vadanam vai jano 'sya
satyam tu śīrshāni sahasra-śīrshnah
SYNONYMS
urah — high; sthalam — place (the chest); jyotih-anīkam — the luminary planets; asya — of Him; grīvā — the neck; mahah — the planetary system above the luminaries; vadanam — mouth; vai — exactly; janah — the planetary system above Mahar; asya — of Him; tapah — the planetary system above the Janas; varātīm — forehead; viduh — is known; ādi — the original; pumsah — personality; satyam — the topmost planetary system; tu — but; śīrshāni — the head; sahasra — one thousand; śīrshnah — one with heads.
TRANSLATION
The chest of the Original Personality of the gigantic form is the luminary planetary system, His neck is the Mahar planets, His mouth is the Janas planets, and His forehead is the Tapas planetary system. The topmost planetary system, known as Satyaloka, is the head of He who has one thousand heads.
PURPORT
The effulgent luminary planets like the sun and the moon are situated almost in the midplace of the universe, and as such they are to be known as the chest of the original gigantic form of the Lord. And above the luminary planets, called also the heavenly places of the universal directorate demigods, are the Mahar, Janas and Tapas planetary systems, and, above all, the Satyaloka planetary system, where the chief directors of the modes of material nature reside, namely Vishnu, Brahmā and Śiva. This Vishnu is known as the Kshīrodakaśāyī Vishnu, and He acts as the Supersoul in every living being. There are innumerable universes floating on the Causal Ocean, and in each of them the representation of the virāt form of the Lord is there along with innumerable suns, moons, heavenly demigods, Brahmās, Vishnus and Śivas, all of them situated in one part of the inconceivable potency of Lord Krishna, as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.42).
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness