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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.66
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 66
- gudaṁ mṛtyur apānena
- nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
- hastāv indro balenaiva
- nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
gudamHis anus — His anus; mṛtyuḥthe god of death — the god of death; apānenawith the organ of defecation — with the organ of defecation; nanot — not; udatiṣṭhatdid arise — did arise; tadāeven then — even then; virāṭthe virāṭ-puruṣa — the virāṭ-puruṣa; hastauthe two hands — the two hands; indraḥLord Indra — Lord Indra; balenawith their power to grasp and drop things — with their power to grasp and drop things; evaindeed — indeed; nanot — not; udatiṣṭhatdid arise — did arise; tadāeven then — even then; virāṭthe virāṭ-puruṣa — the virāṭ-puruṣa.
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.