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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 6]
TEXT 27
शीर्ष्णोऽस्य द्यौर्धरा पद्भ्यां खं नाभेरुदपद्यत । गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादयः ॥२७॥
śīrṣṇo 'sya dyaur dharā padbhyām kham nābher udapadyata guṇānām vṛttayo yeṣu pratīyante surādayaḥ
śīrṣṇaḥ—head; asya—of the gigantic form; dyauḥ—the heavenly planets; dharā—earthly planets; padbhyām—on His legs; kham—the sky; nābheḥ—from the abdomen; udapadyata—became manifested; guṇānām—of the three modes of nature; vṛttayaḥ—reactions; yeṣu—in which; pratīyante—manifest; sura- ādayaḥ—the demigods and others.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, from the head of the gigantic form, the heavenly planets were manifested, and from His legs the earthly planets and from His abdomen the sky separately manifested themselves. Within them the demigods and others also were manifested in terms of the modes of material nature.
TEXT 28
अत्यन्तिकेन सत्त्वेन दिवं देवाः प्रपेदिरे । धरां रजःस्वभावेन पणयो ये च ताननु ॥२८॥
ātyantikena sattvena divam devāḥ prapedire dharām rajaḥ sva-bhāvena paṇayo ye ca tān anu
ātyantikena—excessive; sattvena—by the mode of goodness; divam—in the higher planets; devāḥ—the demigods; prapedire—have been situated; dharām—on the earth; rajaḥ—mode of passion; sva-bhāvena—by nature; paṇayaḥ—the human being; ye—all those; ca—also; tān—their; anu—subordinate.
TRANSLATION
The demigods are situated in the heavenly planets qualified by the superexcellent quality of the mode of goodness, whereas the human