All Books | Shrimad Bhagavatam | Canto 12: The Age of Deterioration |CHAPTER 11: Summary Description of the Mahāpuruṣa

SB 12.11.9

यावानयं वै पुरुषो यावत्या संस्थया मित: ।
तावानसावपि महापुरुषो लोकसंस्थया ॥ ९ ॥

yāvān ayaṁ vai puruṣo
yāvatyā saṁsthayā mitaḥ
tāvān asāv api mahā-
puruṣo loka-saṁsthayā

Synonyms

yāvān — to which extent; ayam — this; vai — indeed; puruṣaḥ — ordinary individual person; yāvatyā — extending to which dimensions; saṁsthayā — by the position of his limbs; mitaḥ — measured; tāvān — to that extent; asau — He; api — also; mahā-puruṣaḥ — the transcendental personality; loka-saṁsthayā — according to the positions of the planetary systems.

Translation

Just as one can determine the dimensions of an ordinary person of this world by measuring his various limbs, one can determine the dimensions of the Mahāpuruṣa by measuring the arrangement of the planetary systems within His universal form.

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