SB 2.5.35
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
sa eva puruṣas tasmād
aṇḍaṁ nirbhidya nirgataḥ
sahasrorv-aṅghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ
sahasrānana-śīrṣavān
SYNONYMS
saḥ—He (the Lord); eva—Himself; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tasmāt—from within the universe; aṇḍam—Hiraṇyagarbha; nirbhidya—dividing; nirgataḥ—came out; sahasra—thousands; ūru—thighs; aṅghri—legs; bāhu—arms; akṣaḥ—eyes; sahasra—thousands of; ānana—mouths; śīrṣavān—with heads also.
TRANSLATION
The Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out of it, and dividing Himself as Hiraṇyagarbha, He entered into each universe and assumed the virāṭ-rūpa, with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, heads, etc.
PURPORT
The expansions of the planetary systems within each and every universe are situated in the different parts of the virāṭ-rūpa (universal form) of the Lord, and they are described as follows.