Canto 3, Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Verse 22 (SB 3.7.22)
SB 3.7.22 • मूल श्लोक

यमाहुराद्यं पुरुषं सहस्राङ्‌घ्र्‌यूरुबाहुकम् । यत्र विश्व इमे लोका: सविकाशं त आसते ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

yam āhur ādyaṁ puruṣaṁ sahasrāṅghry-ūru-bāhukam yatra viśva ime lokāḥ sa-vikāśaṁ ta āsate

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yam — who; āhuḥ — is called; ādyam — original; puruṣam — incarnation for cosmic manifestation; sahasra — thousand; aṅghri — legs; ūru — thighs; bāhukam — hands; yatra — wherein; viśvaḥ — the universe; ime — all these; lokāḥ — planets; sa-vikāśam — with respective developments; te — all of them; āsate — living.

Translation

“The puruṣa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original puruṣa in the material creations, and in His virāṭ form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
The first puruṣa is Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the second puruṣa is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the third puruṣa is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, in whom is contemplated the virāṭ-puruṣa, the gigantic form in which all the planets with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.