Canto 9, Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Verse 2 (SB 9.14.2)
SB 9.14.2 • मूल श्लोक

सहस्रशिरस: पुंसो नाभिह्रदसरोरुहात् । जातस्यासीत् सुतो धातुरत्रि: पितृसमो गुणै: ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

sahasra-śirasaḥ puṁso nābhi-hrada-saroruhāt jātasyāsīt suto dhātur atriḥ pitṛ-samo guṇaiḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

sahasra-śirasaḥ — who has thousands of heads; puṁsaḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu (Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu); nābhi-hrada-saroruhāt — from the lotus produced from the lake of the navel; jātasya — who appeared; āsīt — there was; sutaḥ — a son; dhātuḥ — of Lord Brahmā; atriḥ — by the name Atri; pitṛ-samaḥ — like his father; guṇaiḥ — qualified.

Translation

“Lord Viṣṇu [Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu] is also known as Sahasra-śīrṣā Puruṣa. From the lake of His navel sprang a lotus, on which Lord Brahmā was generated. Atri, the son of Lord Brahmā, was as qualified as his father.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda