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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 5]
TEXT 35
स एव पुरुषस्तसादण्डं निर्भिद्य निर्गतः । सहस्रोर्वङ्घिवाह्वयः सहस्राननशीर्षवान् ॥३५॥
sa eva puruṣas tasmād aṇḍam nirbhidya nirgataḥ sahasrorv-aṅghri-bāhv-akṣaḥ sahasrānana-śīrṣavān
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  virāṭa rūpa , with thousands of legs, arms, mouths, and heads, etc.
PURPORT
The expansions of the planetary systems within each and every universe are situated in the different part of the  virāṭa rūpa  (universal form) of the Lord, and they are described as follows:
TEXT 36
यस्येहात्रयवैलोकान् कल्पयन्ति मनीषिणः । कद्यादिभिर्यः सप्त सप्तोर्ध्वं जघनादिभिः ॥३६॥
yasyehāvayavair lokān kalpayanti manīṣṇaḥ kaṭyādibhir adhaḥ sapta saptordhvam jaghanādibhiḥ