एते ह्यभ्युत्थिता देवा नैवास्योत्थापने ऽशकन् पुनराविविशुः खानि तमुत्थापयितुं क्रमात्
ete hy abhyutthitā devā naivāsyotthāpane 'śakan punar āviviśuḥ khāni tam utthāpayituṁ kramāt
Synonyms
ete—these; hi—indeed; abhyutthitāḥ—manifested; devāḥ—demigods; na—not; eva—at all; asya—of the virāṭa-puruṣa; utthāpane—in waking; aśakan—were able; punaḥ—again; āviviśuḥ—they entered; khāni—the apertures of the body; tam—Him; utthāpayitum—to awaken; kramāt—one after another..
Translation
When the demigods and presiding deities of the various senses were thus manifested, they wanted to wake their origin of appearance. But upon failing to do so, they reentered the body of the virāṭa-puruṣa one after another in order to wake Him.
Purport
In order to wake the sleeping Deity-controller within, one has to rechannel the sense activities from concentration on the outside to concentration inside. In the following verses, the sense activities which are required to wake the virāṭa-puruṣa will be explained very nicely.