Canto 2: The Cosmic ManifestationChapter 1: The First Step in God Realization

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.1.34

īśasya keśān vidur ambuvāhān

vāsas tu sandhyām kuru-varya bhūmnah

avyaktam āhur hridayam manaś ca

sa candramāh sarva-vikāra-kośah

SYNONYMS

īśasya — of the supreme controller; keśān — hairs on the head; viduh — you may know it from me; ambu-vāhān — the clouds which carry water; vāsah tu — the dress; sandhyām — termination of day and night; kuru-varyaO best of the Kurus; bhūmnah — of the Almighty; avyaktam — the prime cause of material creation; āhuhit is said; hridayam — intelligence; manah ca — and the mind; sahHe; candramāh — the moon; sarva-vikāra-kośah — the reservoir of all changes.

TRANSLATION

O best amongst the Kurus, the clouds which carry water are the hairs on His head, the terminations of days or nights are His dress, and the supreme cause of material creation is His intelligence. His mind is the moon, the reservoir of all changes.

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