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Fundamental Principles of Material Nature
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Cosmic Being refused to get up even then. The god predominating over water entered His organ of generation with the faculty of procreation, but the virāṭa-puruṣa still would not rise.
TEXT 66
गुदं मृत्युरपानेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् । हस्ताविन्द्रो बलेनैव नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥६६॥
gudam mṛtyur apānena nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ hastāv indro balenaiva nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
gudam—  His anus;  mṛtyuḥ—  the god of death;  apānena—  with the organ of defecation;  na—  not;  udatiṣṭhat—  did arise;  tadā—  even then;  virāṭ—  the  virāṭa-puruṣa ;  hastau—  the two hands;  indraḥ—  Lord Indra;  balena—  with their power to grasp and drop things;  eva—  indeed;  na—  not;  udatiṣṭhat—  did arise;  tadā—  even then;  virāṭ—  the  virāṭa-puruṣa .
TRANSLATION
The god of death entered His anus with the organ of defecation, but the  virāṭa-puruṣa  could not be spurred to activity. The god Indra entered the hands with their power of grasping and dropping things, but the  virāṭa-puruṣa  would not get up even then.
TEXT 67
विष्णुर्गत्यैव चरणौ नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् । नाडीर्नद्यो लोहितेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥६७॥
viṣṇur gatyaiva caraṇau nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ nāḍīr nadyo lohitena nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
viṣṇuḥ—  Lord Viṣṇu;  gatyā—  with the faculty of locomotion;  eva—  indeed;  caraṇau—  His two feet;  na—  not;  udatiṣṭhat—  did arise;  tadā—  even then;  virāṭ—  the  virāṭa-puruṣa ;  nāḍīḥ—  His blood vessels;  nadyaḥ—  the rivers or