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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.6.3
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- rūpāṇāṁ tejasāṁ cakṣur
- divaḥ sūryasya cākṣiṇī
- karṇau diśāṁ ca tīrthānāṁ
- śrotram ākāśa-śabdayoḥ
rūpāṇāmfor all kinds of forms — for all kinds of forms; tejasāmof all that is illuminating — of all that is illuminating; cakṣuḥthe eyes — the eyes; divaḥthat which glitters — that which glitters; sūryasyaof the sun — of the sun; caalso — also; akṣiṇīthe eyeballs — the eyeballs; karṇauthe ears — the ears; diśāmof all directions — of all directions; caand — and; tīrthānāmof all the Vedas — of all the Vedas; śrotramthe sense of hearing — the sense of hearing; ākāśathe sky — the sky; śabdayoḥof all sounds — of all sounds.
His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His sense of hearing is the generating center of the sky and of all kinds of sound.
The word tīrthānām is sometimes interpreted to mean the places of pilgrimage, but Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī says that it means the reception of the Vedic transcendental knowledge. The propounders of the Vedic knowledge are also known as the tīrthas.