Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 6: Creation of the Universal Form

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.6.16

nirbhinnāny asya carmāṇi

loka-pālo 'nilo 'viśat

prāṇenāḿśena saḿsparśaḿ

yenāsau pratipadyate

SYNONYMS

nirbhinnāni — being separated; asya — of the gigantic form; carmāṇi — skin; loka-pālaḥ — the director; anilaḥ — air; aviśat — entered; prāṇena aḿśena — the part of the breathing; saḿsparśam — touch; yena — by which; asau — the living entity; pratipadyate — can experience.

TRANSLATION

When there was a manifestation of skin separated from the gigantic form, Anila, the deity directing the wind, entered with partial touch, and thus the living entities can realize tactile knowledge.

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