Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.11.9

yāvān ayaḿ vai puruṣo

yāvatyā saḿsthayā mitaḥ

tāvān asāv api mahā-

puruṣo loka-saḿsthayā

SYNONYMS

yāvān — to which extent; ayam — this; vai — indeed; puruṣaḥ — ordinary individual person; yāvatyā — extending to which dimensions; saḿsthayā — by the position of his limbs; mitaḥ — measured; tāvān — to that extent; asau — He; api — also; mahā-puruṣaḥ — the transcendental personality; loka-saḿsthayā — according to the positions of the planetary systems.

TRANSLATION

Just as one can determine the dimensions of an ordinary person of this world by measuring his various limbs, one can determine the dimensions of the Mahāpuruṣa by measuring the arrangement of the planetary systems within His universal form.

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