Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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स एव पुरुषस्तस्मादण्डं निर्भिद्य निर्गतः
सहस्रोर्वङ्घ्रिबाह्वक्षः सहस्राननशीर्षवान्

sa eva puruṣas tasmād
aṇḍaṁ nirbhidya nirgataḥ
sahasrorv-aṅghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ
sahasrānana-śīrṣavān

WORD BY WORD

saḥ — He (the Lord); eva — Himself; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmāt — from within the universe; aṇḍam — Hiraṇyagarbha; nirbhidya — dividing; nirgataḥ — came out; sahasra — thousands; ūru — thighs; aṅghri — legs; bāhu — arms; akṣaḥ — eyes; sahasra — thousands of; ānana — mouths; śīrṣavān — with heads also;

TRANSLATION

The Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiraṇyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virāṭ-rūpa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc.

PURPORT

The expansions of the planetary systems within each and every universe are situated in the different parts of the virāṭ-rūpa (universal form) of the Lord, and they are described as follows.

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