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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.6.21

hastāv asya vinirbhinnāv

indraḥ svar-patir āviśat

vārtayāḿśena puruṣo

yayā vṛttiḿ prapadyate

SYNONYMS

hastau — hands; asya — of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnau — being separately manifested; indraḥ — the King of heaven; svaḥ-patiḥ — the ruler of heavenly planets; āviśat — entered into it; vārtayā aḿśena — with partial mercantile principles; puruṣaḥ — the living entity; yayā — by which; vṛttim — business of livelihood; prapadyate — transacts.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, when the hands of the gigantic form separately became manifested, Indra, the ruler of the heavenly planets, entered into them, and thus the living entity is able to transact business for his livelihood.

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