Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.62

ete hy abhyutthitā devā

naivāsyotthāpane 'śakan

punar āviviśuḥ khāni

tam utthāpayituḿ kramāt

SYNONYMS

ete — these; hi — indeed; abhyutthitāḥ — manifested; devāḥ — demigods; na — not; eva — at all; asya — of the virāṭ-puruṣa; utthāpanein waking; aśakan — were able; punaḥ — again; āviviśuḥ — they entered; khāni — the apertures of the body; tam — Him; utthāpayitumto awaken; kramāt — one after another.

TRANSLATION

When the demigods and presiding deities of the various senses were thus manifested, they wanted to wake their origin of appearance. But upon failing to do so, they reentered the body of the virāṭ-puruṣa one after another in order to wake Him.

PURPORT

In order to wake the sleeping Deity-controller within, one has to rechannel the sense activities from concentration on the outside to concentration inside. In the following verses, the sense activities which are required to wake the virāṭ-puruṣa will be explained very nicely.

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