Text 37]
The Cause of All Causes
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yasya —whose;  iha —in the universe;  avayavaiḥ —by the limbs of the body;  lokān —all the planets;  kalpayanti —imagine;  manīṣinaḥ —great philosophers;  kaṭi-ādibhiḥ —down from the waist;  adhaḥ —downwards;  sapta —seven systems;  sapta-ūrdham —and seven systems upwards;  jaghana-ādibhiḥ —front portion.
TRANSLATION
Great philosophers imagine that the complete planetary systems in the universe are displays of the different limbs of the universal body of the Lord, downwards and upwards.
PURPORT
The word  kalpayanti , or “imagine,” is significant. The  virāṭa  universal form of the Absolute is an imagination of the speculative philosophers who are unable to adjust to the eternal two-handed form of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Although the universal form, as imagined by the great philosophers, is one of the features of the Lord, it is more or less imaginary. It is said that seven upper planetary systems are situated above the waist of the universal form, whereas the lower planetary systems are situated down from His waist. The idea impressed herein is that the Supreme Lord is conscious of every part of His body, and nowhere in the creation is there anything beyond His control.
TEXT 37
पुरुषस्य मुखं ब्रह्म क्षत्रमेतस्य बाहवः । ऊर्वोर्वैश्यो भगवतः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो व्यजायत ॥३७॥
puruṣasya mukham brahma kṣatram etasya bāhavaḥ ūrvor vaiśyo bhagavataḥ padbhyām śūdro vyajāyata
puruṣasya —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  mukham —mouth;  brahma —is the  brāhmaṇas ;  kṣatram —the royal order;  etasya —of Him;  bāhavaḥ —the arms;  ūrvoḥ —the thighs;  vaiśyaḥ —are the mercantile men;  bhagavataḥ —of the Personality of Godhead;  padbhyām —from His legs;  śūdraḥ —the laborer class;  vyajāyata —became manifested.