Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.5.35

sa eva puruṣas tasmād

aṇḍaḿ nirbhidya nirgataḥ

sahasrorv-ańghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ

sahasrānana-śīrṣavān

SYNONYMS

saḥ — He (the Lord); eva — Himself; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmāt — from within the universe; aṇḍam — Hiraṇyagarbha; nirbhidya — dividing; nirgataḥ — came out; sahasra — thousands; ūru — thighs; ańghri — legs; bāhu — arms; akṣaḥ — eyes; sahasra — thousands of; ānana — mouths; śīrṣavān — with heads also.

TRANSLATION

The Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiraṇyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virāṭ-rūpa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc.

PURPORT

The expansions of the planetary systems within each and every universe are situated in the different parts of the virāṭ-rūpa (universal form) of the Lord, and they are described as follows.

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