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Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Verse 68 of 71
SB 3.26.68

क्षुत्तृड्भ्यामुदरं सिन्धुर्नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् हृदयं मनसा चन्द्रो नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट्

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām udaraṁ sindhur nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ hṛdayaṁ manasā candro nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Synonyms

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām—with hunger and thirst; udaram—His abdomen; sindhuḥ—the ocean or ocean-god; na—not; udatiṣṭhat—did arise; tadā—even then; virāṭ—the virāṭa-puruṣa; hṛdayam—His heart; manasā—with the mind; candraḥ—the moon-god; na—not; udatiṣṭhat—did arise; tadā—even then; virāṭ—the virāṭa-puruṣa..

Translation

The ocean entered His abdomen with hunger and thirst, but the Cosmic Being refused to rise even then. The moon-god entered His heart with the mind, but the Cosmic Being would not be roused.

Verse 68 of 71