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Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Verse 67 of 71
SB 3.26.67

विष्णुर्गत्यैव चरणौ नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् नाडीर्नद्यो लोहितेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट्

viṣṇur gatyaiva caraṇau nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ nāḍīr nadyo lohitena nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Synonyms

viṣṇuḥLord Viṣṇu; gatyāwith the faculty of locomotion; evaindeed; caraṇauHis two feet; nanot; udatiṣṭhatdid arise; tadāeven then; virāṭthe virāṭa-puruṣa; nāḍīḥHis blood vessels; nadyaḥthe rivers or river-gods; lohitenawith the blood, with the power of circulation; nanot; udatiṣṭhatdid stir; tadāeven then; virāṭthe virāṭa-puruṣa..

Translation

Lord Viṣṇu entered His feet with the faculty of locomotion, but the virāṭa-puruṣa refused to stand up even then. The rivers entered His blood vessels with the blood and the power of circulation, but still the Cosmic Being could not be made to stir.

Verse 67 of 71
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