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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.69

buddhyā brahmāpi hṛdayaḿ

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

rudro 'bhimatyā hṛdayaḿ

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

SYNONYMS

buddhyā — with intelligence; brahmā — Lord Brahmā; api — also; hṛdayam — His heart; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa; rudraḥ — Lord Śiva; abhimatyā — with the ego; hṛdayam — His heart; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa.

TRANSLATION

Brahmā also entered His heart with intelligence, but even then the Cosmic Being could not be prevailed upon to get up. Lord Rudra also entered His heart with the ego, but even then the Cosmic Being did not stir.

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