286 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 6

sarvam purusa evedam

bhittam bhavyam bhavac ca yat
tenedam durtam visvam

vitastim adhi tisthati

aham—myself; bhavan—yourself; bhavah—Lord Siva; ca—also; eva—cer-
tainly; te—they; ime—all; munayah—the great sages; agrajah—born before
you; sura—the demigods; asura—the demons; narah—the human beings:
nagah—the inhabitants of the Naga planet; khagah—birds; mrga—beasts;
sarisrpah—reptiles; gandharva-apsarasah, yaksah, raksah-bhita-gana-uragah,
pasavah, pitarah, siddhah, vidyadhrah, cdranaéh—all inhabitants of different
planets; drumah—the vegetable kingdom; anye—many others; ca—also;
vividhah—of different varieties; jivah—living entities; jala—water; sthala—
land; nabhaukasah—the inhabitants of the sky, or the birds; graha—the
asteroids; rksa—the influential stars; ketavah—the comets; tarah—the lu-
minaries; taditah—the lightning; stanayitnavah—the sound of the clouds;
sarvam—everything; purusah—the Personality of Godhead; eva idam—cer-
tainly all these; bhiitam—whatever is created; bhavyam—whatever will be
created; bhavat—and whatever was created in the past; ca—also; yat—what-
ever; tena idam—it is all by Him; durtam—covered; visvam—universally
comprehending; vitastim—half cubit ; adhi tisthati—situated.

TRANSLATION

Beginning from me [Brahma] down to you and Bhava [Siva], all the
great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the
Nagas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc.,
and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets,
stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the
different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsaras, Yaksas,
Raksasas, Bhitaganas, Uragas, Pasavas, Pitaras, Siddhas, Vidyadharas,
Caranas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the
birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal
form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although
He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not ex-
ceeding nine inches.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead by His partial representation,
measuring not more than nine inches as Supersoul, expands by His poten-
