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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 10]
puruṣo 'ṇḍaṁ vinirbhidya yadāsau sa vinirgataḥ ātmano 'yanam anvicchann apo 'srākṣīcchuciḥ śucīḥ
puruṣaḥ —the Supreme Person, Paramātmā;  aṇḍam —the universes;  vinirbhidya —making them each separately situated;  yadā —when;  asau —the same;  saḥ —He (the Lord);  vinirgataḥ —came out;  ātmanaḥ —of Himself;  ayanam —lying in place;  anvicchan —desiring;  apaḥ —water;  asrākṣīt —created;  śucīḥ —the most pure;  śucīḥ —transcendental.
TRANSLATION
The gigantic universal form of the Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], which came out of the causal ocean, the place of appearance of the first puruṣa-avatāra, after separating the different universes, entered into each of the separate universes, desiring to lie on the created transcendental water [Garbhodaka].
PURPORT
After analysis of the living entities and the Supreme Lord Paramātmā, the independent source of all other living beings, Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī is now presenting the prime necessity for devotional service of the Lord, which is the only occupational business of all living entities. The Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa and all His plenary portions and extensions of plenary portions are nondifferent from one another, and thus the supreme independence is there in each and every one of them. In order to prove this, Śukadeva Gosvāmī (as promised to King Parīkṣit) describes herein the independence of the  Puruṣa-Avatāra  Personality of Godhead, even in the sphere of the material creation. Such activities of the Lord are also transcendental, and therefore they are also  līlā , or pastimes, of the absolute Lord. Such pastimes of the Lord are very conducive to the hearers for self-realization in the field of devotional service. Some may argue, why not then relish the transcendental  līlā  of the Lord as exhibited in the land of Mathurā and Vṛndāvana, which are sweeter than anything in the world? Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravarti Thākur replies that the pastimes of the Lord in Vṛndāvana are meant to be relished by advanced devotees of the Lord. Neophyte devotees will misunderstand such supreme transcendental activities of the Lord, and therefore for the neophyte the Lord's pastimes in