Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.7.22

yam ahur adyam purusham

sahasranghry-uru-bahukam

yatra visva ime lokah

sa-vikasam ta asate

SYNONYMS

yam -- who; ahuh -- is called; adyam -- original; purusham -- incarnation for cosmic manifestation; sahasra -- thousand; anghri -- legs; uru -- thighs; bahukam -- hands; yatra -- wherein; visvah -- the universe; ime -- all these; lokah -- planets; sa-vikasam -- with respective developments; te -- all of them; asate -- living.

TRANSLATION

The purusha incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original purusha in the material creations, and in His virat form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.

PURPORT

The first purusha is Karanodakasayi Vishnu, the second purusha is Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, and the third purusha is Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, in whom is contemplated the virat-purusha, the gigantic form in which all the planets with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.

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