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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.68

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām udaraḿ sindhur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

hṛdayaḿ manasā candro

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

SYNONYMS

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām — with hunger and thirst; udaram — His abdomen; sindhuḥ — the ocean or ocean-god; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa; hṛdayam — His heart; manasā — with the mind; candraḥ — the moon-god; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa.

TRANSLATION

The ocean entered His abdomen with hunger and thirst, but the Cosmic Being refused to rise even then. The moon-god entered His heart with the mind, but the Cosmic Being would not be roused.

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