242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 6

TEXT 27

acoise are cKat @ AER |
Torat TA A adkaeq FUeA! Rll

Sirsno ’sya dyaur dhara padbhyam
kham nabher udapadyata
gunanam urttayo yesu
pratiyante suradayah

sirsnah—head; asya—of the gigantic form; dyauh—the heavenly planets;
dhara—earthly planets; padbhyam—on His legs; kham—the sky; nabheh—
from the abdomen; udapadyata—became manifested; gunanam—of the
three modes of nature; urttayah—reactions; yesu—in which; pratiyante—
manifest; sura- adayah—the demigods and others.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, from the head of the gigantic form, the heavenly planets
were manifested, and from His legs the earthly planets and from His
abdomen the sky separately manifested themselves. Within them the demi-
gods and others also were manifested in terms of the modes of material
nature.

TEXT 28

arateata aaa ee sat: Tees |
WW MAA TWN A a AA lll

atyantikena sattvena
divam devah prapedire

dharam rajah sva-bhavena
panayo ye ca tan anu

atyantikena— excessive; sattvena—by the mode of goodness; divam—in
the higher planets; devah—the demigods; prapedire—have been situated;
dharam—on the earth; rajah—mode of passion; sva-bhavena—by nature;
panayah—the human being; ye—all those; ca—also; tan—their; anu—
subordinate.

TRANSLATION

The demigods are situated in the heavenly planets qualified by the
superexcellent quality of the mode of goodness, whereas the human
