226 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 6

PURPORT

The elements of cosmic creation are all matter and have no potency to
increase in volume unless entered into by the Lord in His plenary portion.
This means that matter does not increase or decrease unless it is spiritually
touched. Matter is a product of spirit and increases only by the touch of
spirit. The entire cosmic manifestation has not assumed its gigantic form
by itself, as wrongly calculated by less intelligent persons. As long as spirit
is within matter, matter can increase as needed; but without the spirit,
matter stops increasing. For example, as long as there is spiritual conscious-
ness within the material body of a living entity, the body increases to the
required size, but a dead material body, which has no spiritual conscious-
ness, stops increasing. In Bhagavad-gita (Chapter Two) importance is
given to the spiritual consciousness, not the body. The entire cosmic body
increased by the same process that we experience in our small bodies. One
should not, however, foolishly think that the individual infinitesimal soul
is the cause of the gigantic manifestation of the universal form. The
universal form is called the virata-rupa because the Supreme Lord is
within it in His plenary portion.

TEXT 6

ferry: Te: acai |
ASR TTAB Ataarsfea: | § I

hiranmayah sa purusah
sahasra parivatsaran
dnda-kosga uvasapsu
sarva-sattvopabrmhitah
hiranmayah—the Garbhodakasayi Visnu, who also assumes the virafa-
rupa; sah—He; purusah—incarnation of Godhead; sahasra—one thousand;
parivatsaran—celestial years; anda-kosa—within the global universe; uvasa—
resided; apsu—on the water; sarva-sattva—all living entities lying with Him;
upabrmhitah—so spread.
TRANSLATION

The gigantic virata-puruga known as Hiranmaya lived for one thousand
celestial years on the water of the universe, and all the living entities lay
with Him.

PURPORT

After the Lord entered each and every universe as the Garbhodakasayi
Visnu, half of the universe was filled with water. The cosmic manifestation
