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Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature

Verse 70 of 71
SB 3.26.70

चित्तेन हृदयं चैत्यः क्षेत्रज्ञः प्राविशद्यदा विराट्तदैव पुरुषः सलिलादुदतिष्ठत

cittena hṛdayaṁ caityaḥ kṣetra-jñaḥ prāviśad yadā virāṭ tadaiva puruṣaḥ salilād udatiṣṭhata

Synonyms

cittena—along with reason, consciousness; hṛdayam—the heart; caityaḥ—the deity presiding over consciousness; kṣetra-jñaḥ—the knower of the field; prāviśat—entered; yadā—when; virāṭ—the virāṭa-puruṣa; tadā—then; eva—just; puruṣaḥ—the Cosmic Being; salilāt—from the water; udatiṣṭhata—arose..

Translation

When, however, the inner controller, the deity presiding over consciousness, entered the heart with reason, at that very moment the Cosmic Being arose from the causal waters.

Verse 70 of 71