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Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
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than that of fire. These dimensions are all inconceivable to the tiny brain of a human being.
It is also stated that this description is of only one egglike universe. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and some of them are many, many times greater. It is considered, in fact, that this universe is the smallest; therefore the predominating superintendent, or Brahmā, has only four heads for management. In other universes, which are far greater than this one, Brahmā has more heads. In the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  it is stated that all these Brahmās were called one day by Lord Kṛṣṇa on the inquiry of the small Brahmā, who, after seeing all the larger Brahmās, was thunderstruck. That is the inconceivable potency of the Lord. No one can measure the length and breadth of God by speculation or by false identification with God. These attempts are symptoms of lunacy.
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हिरण्मयादण्डकोशादुत्थाय सलिलेशयात् । तमाविश्य महादेवो बहुधा निर्विभेद स्वम् ॥५३॥
hiraṇmayād aṇḍa-kośād utthāya salile śayāt tam āviśya mahā-devo bahudhā nirbibheda kham
hiraṇmayāt—golden; aṇḍa-kośāt—from the egg; utthāya—arising; salile—on the water; śayāt—lying; tam—in it; āviśya—having entered; mahā-devaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bahu-dhā—in many ways; nirbibheda—divided; kham—apertures.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the virāṭa-puruṣa, situated Himself in that golden egg, which was lying on the water, and He divided it into many departments.
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निरभिद्यतास्य प्रथमं मुखं वाणी ततोऽभवत् । वाण्या वह्निरथो नासे प्राणोतो घ्राण एतयोः ॥५४॥
nirabhidyatāsya prathamam mukham vāṇī tato 'bhavat