Text 2] Krsna Is the Source of All Incarnations rs7

spiritual sky, called the mahat-tattva, is only an insignificant portion of the
whole spiritual sky, and within this mahat-tattva there are innumerable uni-
verses. All these universes are collectively produced by the Karanodakagayi
Visnu, called also the Maha-Visnu, who simply throws His glance to
impregnate the material sky.

TEXT 2

qarata gare amfast faa: |
aAlfecraaerige faaat wa: tl 2 1

yasyambhasi sayanasya
yoga-nidram vitanvatah
nabhi-hradémbujad dsid

brahma visva-srjam patih

yasya—whose; ambhasi—in the water; sayanasya—lying down; yoga-
nidram—sleeping in meditation; vitanvatah—ministering; nabhi—navel; hrada
—out of the lake; ambujat—from the lotus; dsit—was manifested; brahma—
the grandfather of the living beings; visva—the universe; syjam—the
engineers; patth—master.

TRANSLATION

___A part of the purusa lies down within the water of the universe, and
from the navel lake of His body sprouts a lotus stem, and from the lotus
flower atop this stem, Brahma, the master of all engineers in the universe,
becomes manifest.

PURPORT

The first purusa is the Karanodakasgayi Visnu. From His skinholes
innumerable universes have sprung up. In each and every one of them the
purusa enters as the Garbhodakasayi Visnu. He is lying within half of the
universe which is full with the water of His body. And from the navel of
Garbhodakasayi Visnu has sprung up the stem of the lotus flower, the
birthplace of Brahma, who is the father of all living beings and the master
of all the demigod engineers engaged in the perfect design and working of
the universal order. Within the stem of the lotus there are fourteen
divisions of planetary systems, and the earthly planets are situated in the
