Text 59] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1121

stated that discharging semina is the cause of horrible death. The more one
is addicted to sexual enjoyment the more susceptible he is to a quick death.

TEXT 58

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hastau ca nirabhidyetam
balam tabhyam tatah sva-rat
padau ca nirabhidyetam
gatis tabhyam tato harih

hastau—the two hands; ca—and;nirabhidyetam—were manifested; balam
—power; tabhyim—from them; tatah—thereafter; sva-rat—Lord Indra;
padau—the two feet; ca—and; nirabhidyetam—became manifested; gatih—
the process of movement; tabhyam—from them; tatah—then; hanh—Lord
Visnu.
TRANSLATION

Thereafter the two hands of the universal form of the Lord became
manifested, and with them the power of grasping and dropping things, and
after that Lord Indra appeared. Next the legs became manifested, and with
them the process of movement, and after that Lord Visnu appeared.

PURPORT

The deity presiding over the hands is Indra, and the presiding deity of
movement is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Visnu appeared
on the appearance of the legs of the virata-purusa.

TEXT 59

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nadyo ’sya nirabhidyanta
tabhyo lohitam abhrtam

nadyas tatah samabhavann
udaram nirabhidyata
