Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.63

vahnir vācā mukhaḿ bheje

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

ghrāṇena nāsike vāyur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

SYNONYMS

vahniḥ — the god of fire; vācā — with the organ of speech; mukham — the mouth; bheje — entered; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa; ghrāṇena — with the olfactory sense; nāsike — into His two nostrils; vāyuḥ — the god of the winds; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa.

TRANSLATION

The god of fire entered His mouth with the organ of speech, but the virāṭ-puruṣa could not be aroused. Then the god of wind entered His nostrils with the sense of smell, but still the virāṭ-puruṣa refused to be awakened.

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