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Bhaktisidhanta Saraswati Takhura Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Brahma Samhita IntraText CT - Text |
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2 - Verses 11-20
TEXT 11
sahasra-sirsa purusah
sahasraksah sahasra-pat
sahasra-bahur visvatma
sahasramsah sahasra-suh
WORD FOR WORD
sahasra-sirsa--possessing thousands of heads; purusah--Lord Maha-Visnu, the first purusa-avatara; sahasra-aksah-- possessing thousands of eyes; sahasra-pat--possessing thousands of legs; sahasra-bahuh--possessing thousands of arms; visva-atma---the Supersoul of the universe; sahasra-amsah-- the source of thousands of avataras; sahasra-suh--the creator of thousands of individual souls.
TRANSLATION
The Lord of the mundane world, Maha-Visnu, possesses thousands of thousands of heads, eyes, hands. He is the source of thousands of thousands of avataras in His thousands of thousands of subjective portions. He is the creator of thousands of thousands of individual souls.
PURPORT
Maha-Visnu, the object of worship of the hymns of all the Vedas, is possessed of an infinity of senses and potencies, and He is the prime avatara-purusa, the source of all the avataras.