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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 9]
Personality of Godhead is compared to trying to cross the ocean by grasping the tail of a dog. A dog can swim, but that does not mean that one can cross the ocean by grasping a dog's tail.
Being pleased with the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead advised them to approach Dadhīci to beg him for the bones of his own body. Dadhīci would comply with the request of the demigods, and with the help of his bones Vṛtrāsura could be killed.
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
तस्यासन् विश्वरूपस्य शिरांसि त्रीणि भारत ।
सोमपीथं सुरापीथमन्नादमिति शुश्रुम ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
tasyāsan viśvarūpasya
śirāṁsi trīṇi bhārata
soma-pīthaṁ surā-pītham
annādam iti śuśruma
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tasya—of him; āsan—there were; viśvarūpasya—of Viśvarūpa, the priest of the demigods; śirāṁsi—heads; trīṇi—three; bhārata—O Mahārāja Parikṣit; soma-pītham—used for drinking the beverage soma; surā-pītham—used for drinking wine; anna-adam—used for eating; iti—thus; śuśruma—I have heard by the paramparā system.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Viśvarūpa, who was engaged as the priest of the demigods, had three heads. He used one to drink the beverage soma-rasa, another to drink wine and the third to eat food. O King Parikṣit, thus I have heard from authorities.
PURPORT
One cannot directly perceive the kingdom of heaven, its king and other inhabitants, or how they perform their various engagements, for no one can go to the heavenly planets. Although modern scientists have