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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.66

gudaḿ mṛtyur apānena

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

hastāv indro balenaiva

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

SYNONYMS

gudam — His anus; mṛtyuḥ — the god of death; apānena — with the organ of defecation; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa; hastau — the two hands; indraḥ — Lord Indra; balena — with their power to grasp and drop things; eva — indeed; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa.

TRANSLATION

The god of death entered His anus with the organ of defecation, but the virāṭ-puruṣa could not be spurred to activity. The god Indra entered the hands with their power of grasping and dropping things, but the virāṭ-puruṣa would not get up even then.

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