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The First Step in God Realization
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Atala planetary systems. The upper portion of the thighs are Mahītala, and outer space is the depression of His navel.
TEXT 28
उरःस्थलं ज्योतिरनीकमस्य 
  ग्रीवा महर्वदनं वै जनोऽस्य । 
  तपो वराटीं विदुरादिपुंसः 
  मत्यं तु शीर्षाणि सहस्रशीर्षणः ॥२८॥
uraḥ-sthalam jyotir-anīkam asya 
  grīvā mahar vadanam vai jano'sya 
  tapo varāṭīm vidur ādi-pumsaḥ 
  satyam tu śīrṣāṇi sahasra-śīrṣṇaḥ
uraḥ —high;  sthalam —place (the chest);  jyotir-anīkam —the luminary planets;  asya —of Him;  grīvā —the neck;  mahaḥ —the planetary system above the luminaries;  vadanam —mouth;  vai —exactly;  janaḥ —the planetary system above Jano;  asya —of Him;  tapaḥ —the planetary system above the Mahaḥ;  varāṭīm —forehead;  viduḥ —is known;  ādi —the original;  pumsaḥ —personality;  satyam —the topmost planetary system;  tu —but;  śīrṣāṇi —the head;  sahasra —one thousand;  śīrṣṇaḥ —one with heads.
TRANSLATION
The chest of the Original Personality of the gigantic form is the luminary planetary system, His neck is the Mahar planets, His mouth is the Jana planets, and His forehead is the Tapas planetary system. The topmost planetary system, known as the Satyaloka, is the head of Him who has one thousand heads.
PURPORT
The effulgent luminary planets like the sun and the moon are situated almost in the midplace of the universe, and as such they are to be known as the chest of the original gigantic form of the Lord. And above the luminary planets, called also the heavenly places of the universal directorate