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Further Inquiries by Vidura
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yam āhur ādyam puruṣam sahasrāṅghry-ūru-bāhukam yatra viśva ime lokāḥ savikāśam sam āsate
yam—who; āhuḥ—is called; ādyam—original; puruṣam—incarnation for cosmic manifestation; sahasra—thousand; aṅghri—legs; ūru—thighs; bāhukam—hands; yatra—wherein; viśvaḥ—the universe; ime—all these; lokāḥ—planets; sa-vikāśam—with respective developments; sam—all of them; āsate—living.
TRANSLATION
The puruṣa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original puruṣa in the material creations, and in His virāṭa form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.
PURPORT
The first  puruṣa  is Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, the second  puruṣa  is Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the third  puruṣa  is Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, in whom is contemplated the  virāṭa-puruṣa , the gigantic form in which all the planets with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.
TEXT 23
यस्मिन् दशविधः प्राणः सेन्द्रियार्थेन्द्रियस्त्रिष्टत्। त्वयेरितो यतो वर्णास्तद्विभूतीर्वदस्व नः ॥२३॥
yasmin daśa-vidhaḥ prāṇaḥ sendriyārthendriyas trivṛt tvayerito yato varṇās tad-vibhūtīr vadasva naḥ
yasmin—in which; daśa-vidhaḥ—ten kinds of; prāṇaḥ—air of life; sa—with; indriya—senses; artha—interest; indriyaḥ—of the senses; trivṛt—three kinds of life vigor; tvayā—by your; iritaḥ—explained; yataḥ—wherefrom; varṇāḥ—four specific divisions; tat-vibhūtīḥ—prowess; vadasva—please describe; naḥ—unto me.
TRANSLATION
O great brāhmaṇa, you have told me that the gigantic virāṭa form, and His senses, sense objects and ten kinds of life air, exist with three kinds of