Text 36] Prahlāda Pacifies the Lord with Prayers
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cayāntara-stham : the Lord is within the universe and within the atom by His different energies. This is the real vision of the Supreme Lord for the intelligent man. Brahmā, the first created being, became the most intelligent person by his  tapasya , austerity, and thus he came to this realization. We must therefore take all knowledge from Brahmā, who became perfect by his  tapasya .
TEXT 36
एवं सहस्रवदनाङ्घ्रिशिरःकरोरु- नासाद्यकर्णनयनामरणायुधात्मम् । मायामयं सदुपलक्षितसन्निवेशं दृष्ट्वा महापुरुषमाप मुदं विरिञ्चः ॥३६॥
evam sahasra-vadanāṅghri-śiraḥ-karoru- nāsādya-karṇa-nayanābharaṇāyudhāḍhyam māyāmayam sad-upalakṣita-sanniveśam dṛṣṭvā mahā-puruṣam āpa mudam viriñcaḥ
evam —in this way;  sahasra —thousands and thousands;  vadana —faces;  aṅghri —feet;  śiraḥ —heads;  kara —hands;  uru —thighs;  nāsa-ādya —noses, etc.;  karṇa —ears;  nayana —eyes;  ābharaṇa —varieties of ornaments;  āyudha —varieties of weapons;  āḍhyam —endowed with;  māyā-mayam —all demonstrated by unlimited potency;  sat-upalakṣita —appearing in different symptoms;  sanniveśam —combined together;  dṛṣṭvā —seeing;  mahā-puruṣam —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  āpa —achieved;  mudam —transcendental bliss;  viriñcaḥ —Lord Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā could then see You possessing thousands and thousands of faces, feet, heads, hands, thighs, noses, ears and eyes. You were very nicely dressed, being decorated and bedecked with varieties of ornaments and weapons. Seeing You in the form of Lord Viṣṇu, Your symptoms and form being transcendental, Your legs extending from the lower planets, Lord Brahmā achieved transcendental bliss.