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SB 12.11.9

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 9

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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