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	| Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 
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 विज्ञानशक्तिं महिमामनन्ति सर्वात्मनोऽन्तःकरणं गिरित्रम्vijñāna-śaktiṁ mahim āmanantiअश्वाश्वतर्युष्ट्रगजा नखानि सर्वे मृगाः पशवः श्रोणिदेशे
 
 sarvātmano ’ntaḥ-karaṇaṁ giritram
 aśvāśvatary-uṣṭra-gajā nakhāni
 sarve mṛgāḥ paśavaḥ śroṇi-deśe
 
 WORD BY WORD
 
 vijñāna-śaktim  consciousness; mahim  the principle of matter; āmananti  they call it so; sarva-ātmanaḥ  of the omnipresent; antaḥ-karaṇam  ego; giritram  Rudra (Śiva); aśva  horse; aśvatari  mule; uṣṭra  camel; gajāḥ  elephant; nakhāni  nails; sarve  all other; mṛgāḥ  stags; paśavaḥ  quadrupeds; śroṇi-deśe  on the region of the belt;
 
 TRANSLATION
 
 
 |   | The principle of matter [mahat-tattva] is the consciousness of the omnipresent Lord, as asserted by the experts, and Rudradeva is His ego. The horse, mule, camel and elephant are His nails, and wild animals and all quadrupeds are situated in the belt zone of the Lord. 
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 PURPORT
 
 
 |   | This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda. 
 
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