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Chapter 6: Creation of the Universal Form

Verse 27 of 40
SB 3.6.27

शीर्ष्णो ऽस्य द्यौर्धरा पद्भ्यां खं नाभेरुदपद्यत गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादयः

śīrṣṇo 'sya dyaur dharā padbhyāṁ khaṁ nābher udapadyata guṇānāṁ vṛttayo yeṣu pratīyante surādayaḥ

Synonyms

śīrṣṇaḥhead; asyaof the gigantic form; dyauḥthe heavenly planets; dharāearthly planets; padbhyāmon His legs; khamthe sky; nābheḥfrom the abdomen; udapadyatabecame manifested; guṇānāmof the three modes of nature; vṛttayaḥreactions; yeṣuin which; pratīyantemanifest; sura-ādayaḥthe demigods and others..

Translation

Thereafter, from the head of the gigantic form, the heavenly planets were manifested, and from His legs the earthly planets and from His abdomen the sky separately manifested themselves. Within them the demigods and others also were manifested in terms of the modes of material nature.

Verse 27 of 40
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