Text 23] Further Inquiries by Vidura 285

yam ahur adyam purusam
sahasranghry-uru-bahukam

yatra visva ime lokah
savikasam sam asate

yam—who; ahuh-is called; adyam—original; purusam—incarnation for
cosmic manifestation; sahasra— thousand; anghri—legs; uru—thighs; bahu-
kam—hands; yatra— wherein; visvah—the universe; ime—all these; lokah—
planets; sa-vikasam—with respective developments; sam—all of them; asate
—living.

TRANSLATION

The purusa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original
puruga in the material creations, and in His virata form, in whom all the
planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and
hands.

PURPORT

The first purusa is Karanodakasayi Visnu, the second purusa is Garbho-
dakasayi Vigsnu, and the third purusa is Ksirodakasayi Visnu, in whom
is contemplated the virata-purusa, the gigantic form in which all the planets
with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.

TEXT 23

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yasmin dasa-vidhah pranah
sendriyarthendriyas trivrt

tvayerito yato varnas
tad-vibhiitir vadasva nah

yasmin—in which; dasa-vidhah—ten kinds of; pranah—air of life; sa— with;
indriya—senses; artha—interest; indriyah— of the senses; trivrt—three kinds
of life vigor; tuaya—by your; irittah—explained; yatah— wherefrom; varnah—
four specific divisions; tat-vibhutith—prowess; vadasva—please describe;
nah—unto me.

TRANSLATION

O great brahmana, you have told me that the gigantic virata form, and
His senses, sense objects and ten kinds of life air, exist with three kinds of
