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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.22
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 22
- yam āhur ādyaṁ puruṣaṁ
- sahasrāṅghry-ūru-bāhukam
- yatra viśva ime lokāḥ
- sa-vikāśaṁ ta āsate
yamwho — who; āhuḥis called — is called; ādyamoriginal — original; puruṣamincarnation for cosmic manifestation — incarnation for cosmic manifestation; sahasrathousand — thousand; aṅghrilegs — legs; ūruthighs — thighs; bāhukamhands — hands; yatrawherein — wherein; viśvaḥthe universe — the universe; imeall these — all these; lokāḥplanets — planets; sawith respective developments-vikāśamwith respective developments — with respective developments; teall of them — all of them; āsateliving — living.
The puruṣa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original puruṣa in the material creations, and in His virāṭ form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.
The first puruṣa is Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the second puruṣa is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the third puruṣa is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, in whom is contemplated the virāṭ-puruṣa, the gigantic form in which all the planets with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.