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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
SYNONYMS
yasya —whose;  eka —one;  niśvasita —of breath;  kālam —time;  atha —thus;  avalambya —taking shelter of;  jīvanti —live;  loma-vilajāḥ —grown from the hair holes;  jagat-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ —the masters of the universes (the Brahmās);  viṣṇuḥ mahān —the Supreme Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu;  saḥ —that;  iha —here;  yasya —whose;  kalā-viśeṣaḥ —particular plenary portion or expansion;  govindam —Lord Govinda;  ādi-puruṣam —the original person;  tam —Him;  aham —I;  bhajāmi —worship.
TRANSLATION
“The Brahmās and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of the Mahā-Viṣṇu and remain alive for the duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, for Mahā-Viṣṇu is a portion of His plenary portion.”
PURPORT
This description of the Lord’s creative energy is from the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.48), which Lord Brahmā compiled after his personal realization. When Mahā-Viṣṇu exhales, the spiritual seeds of the universe emanate from Him in the form of molecular particles like those that are visible, three times the size of an atom, when sunlight is diffused through a small hole. In these days of atomic research it will be a worthwhile engagement for atomic scientists to learn from this statement how the entire universe develops from the spiritual atoms emanating from the body of the Lord.
TEXT 72
काहः तमो-महद्द्व-ध-ठराग्रिवाङ्-
सद्वेष्टिताङ्घट-सप्तवित्तिकाग्रः ।
केदृग्धिधाह्विगणिताङ्गराग्रुर्घा-
वाताक्षरोमविवरण्य ठ ते महिष्म ॥ १२ ॥
kvāhaṁ tamo-mahad-ahaṁ-kha-carāgni-vār-bhū- saṁveṣṭitāṇḍa-ghaṭa-sapta-vitasti-kāyaḥ kvedṛg vidhāvigaṇitāṇḍa-parāṇu-caryā- vātādhva-roma-vivarasya ca te mahitvam
SYNONYMS
kva —where;  aham —I;  tamaḥ —material nature;  mahat —the total material energy;  aham —false ego;  kha —ether;  cara —air;  agni —fire;  vāḥ —water;  bhū —earth;  saṁveṣṭita —surrounded by;  aṇḍa-ghaṭa —a pot-like universe;  sapta-vitasti —seven  vitastis ;  kāyaḥ —body;  kva —where;  īdṛk —such;  vidhā —like;  avigaṇita —unlimited;  aṇḍa —universes;  parāṇu-caryā —moving like the atomic dust;  vāta-adhva —air holes;  roma —of hair on the body;  vivarasya —of the holes;  ca —also;  te —Your;  mahitvam —greatness.