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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 6]
sarvaṁ puruṣa evedaṁ bhūtaṁ bhavyaṁ bhavac ca yat tenedam āvṛtaṁ viśvaṁ vitastim adhi tiṣṭhati
aham—myself; bhavān—yourself; bhavaḥ—Lord Śiva; ca—also; eva—certainly; te—they; ime—all; munayaḥ—the great sages; agrajāḥ—born before you; sura—the demigods; asura—the demons; narāḥ—the human beings; nāgāḥ—the inhabitants of the Nāga planet; khagāḥ—birds; mṛga—beasts; sarīsṛpāḥ—reptiles; gandharva-apsarasaḥ, yakṣāḥ, rakṣaḥ-bhūta-gaṇa-uragāḥ, paśavaḥ, pitaraḥ, siddhāḥ, vidyādhrāḥ, cāraṇāḥ—all inhabitants of different planets; drumāḥ—the vegetable kingdom; anye—many others; ca—also; vividhāḥ—of different varieties; jīvāḥ—living entities; jala—water; sthala—land; nabhaukasaḥ—the inhabitants of the sky, or the birds; graha—the asteroids; ṛksa—the influential stars; ketavaḥ—the comets; tārāḥ—the luminaries; taḍitaḥ—the lightning; stanayitnavaḥ—the sound of the clouds; sarvam—everything; puruṣaḥ—the Personality of Godhead; eva idam—certainly all these; bhūtam—whatever is created; bhavyam—whatever will be created; bhavat—and whatever was created in the past; ca—also; yat—whatever; tena idam—it is all by Him; āvṛtam—covered; viśvam—universally comprehending; vitastim—half cubit; adhi tiṣṭhati—situated.
TRANSLATION
Beginning from me [Brahmā] down to you and Bhava [Śiva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nāgas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsaras, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Bhūtagaṇas, Uragas, Paśavas, Pitaras, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead by His partial representation, measuring not more than nine inches as Supersoul, expands by His poten-