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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 23]
of its neck, Jupiter; on its chest, the sun; and within the core of its heart, Nārāyaṇa. Within its mind is the moon; on its navel, Venus; and on its breasts, the Aśvinīkumāras. Within its life air, which is known as prāṇāpāna, is Mercury, on its neck is Rahu, all over its body are comets, and in its pores are the numerous stars.
TEXT 8
एतदु हैव भगवतो विष्णोः सर्वदेवतामयं रूपमहरहः सन्ध्यायां प्रयतो वाग्यतो निरीक्षमाण उपतिष्ठेत नमो ज्योतिर्लोकाय कालायनाया निमिषां पतये महापुरुषायाभिधीमहीति ॥ ८ ॥
etad u haiva bhagavato viṣṇoḥ sarva-devatāmayam rūpam aharahaḥ sandhyāyām prayato vāgyato nirīkṣamāṇa upatiṣṭheta namo jyotir- lokāya kālāyanāyānimiṣām pataye mahā-puruṣāyābhidhīmahīti.
etat—this; u ha—indeed; eva—certainly; bhagavataḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; sarva-devatā- mayam—consisting of all the demigods; rūpam—form; ahaḥ-ahaḥ— always; sandhyāyām—in the morning, noon and evening; prayataḥ— meditating upon; vāgyataḥ—controlling the words; nirīkṣamāṇaḥ—ob- serving; upatiṣṭheta—one should worship; namaḥ—respectful obei- sances; jyotiḥ-lokāya—unto the resting place of all the planetary systems; kālāyanāya—in the form of supreme time; animiṣām—of the demigods; pataye—unto the master; mahā-puruṣāya—unto the Supreme Person; abhidhīmahī—let us meditate; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, the body of the śiśumāra, as thus described, should be considered the external form of Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Morning, noon and evening, one should silently observe the form of the Lord as the Śiśumāra- cakra and worship Him with this mantra: “O Lord who has assumed the form of time! O resting place of all the planets mov- ing in different orbits! O master of all demigods, O Supreme Per- son, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You and meditate upon You.”