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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.35
sahasranana-sirsavan
SYNONYMS
sah -- He (the Lord); eva -- Himself; purusah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmat -- from within the universe; andam -- Hiranyagarbha; nirbhidya -- dividing; nirgatah -- came out; sahasra -- thousands; uru -- thighs; anghri -- legs; bahu -- arms; aksah -- eyes; sahasra -- thousands of; anana -- mouths; sirsavan -- with heads also.
TRANSLATION
The Lord [Maha-Visnu], although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virat-rupa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc.
PURPORT
The expansions of the planetary systems within each and every universe are situated in the different parts of the virat-rupa (universal form) of the Lord, and they are described as follows.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness