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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.
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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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