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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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हस्तौ च निरभिद्येतां बलं ताभ्यां ततः स्वराट् । पादौ च निरभिद्येतां गतिस्ताभ्यां ततो हरिः ॥५८॥
hastau ca nirabhidyetāṁ balaṁ tābhyāṁ tataḥ svarāṭ pādau ca nirabhidyetāṁ gatis tābhyāṁ tato hariḥ
WORD BY WORD
hastau the two hands; ca and; nirabhidyetām were manifested; balam power; tābhyām from them; tataḥ thereafter; svarāṭ Lord Indra; pādau the two feet; ca and; nirabhidyetām became manifested; gatiḥ the process of movement; tābhyām from them; tataḥ then; hariḥ Lord Viṣṇu;
TRANSLATION
| Thereafter the two hands of the universal form of the Lord became manifested, and with them the power of grasping and dropping things, and after that Lord Indra appeared. Next the legs became manifested, and with them the process of movement, and after that Lord Viṣṇu appeared.
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PURPORT
| The deity presiding over the hands is Indra, and the presiding deity of movement is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu. Viṣṇu appeared on the appearance of the legs of the virāṭ-puruṣa.
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