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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.35
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
- sa eva puruṣas tasmād
- aṇḍaṁ nirbhidya nirgataḥ
- sahasrorv-aṅghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ
- sahasrānana-śīrṣavān
saḥHe (the Lord) — He (the Lord); evaHimself — Himself; puruṣaḥthe Supreme Personality of Godhead — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmātfrom within the universe — from within the universe; aṇḍamHiraṇyagarbha — Hiraṇyagarbha; nirbhidyadividing — dividing; nirgataḥcame out — came out; sahasrathousands — thousands; ūruthighs — thighs; aṅghrilegs — legs; bāhuarms — arms; akṣaḥeyes — eyes; sahasrathousands of — thousands of; ānanamouths — mouths; śīrṣavānwith heads also — with heads also.
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.
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.