1202 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 28
appear whitish because of the rays of the milk-white pearl necklaces
adorning His chest.

PURPORT

The yogi is advised next to meditate upon the navel of the Lord, which
is the foundation of all material creation. Just as a child is connected to
his mother by the umbilical cord, so the first-born living creature, Brahma,
by the supreme will of the Lord, is connected to the Lord by a lotus stem.
In the previous verse it was stated that the goddess of fortune, Laksmi,
who engages in massaging the legs, ankles and thighs of the Lord, is called
the mother of Brahma, but actually Brahma is born from the abdomen of
the Lord, not from the abdomen of his mother. These are inconceivable
conceptions of the Lord, and one should not think materially, “How can
the father give birth to a child?”

It is explained in the Brahma-samhita that each limb of the Lord has
the potency of every other limb; because everything is spiritual, His parts
are not conditioned. The Lord can see with His ears. The material ear can
hear but cannot see, but we understand from the Brahma-samhita that the
Lord can also see with His ears and hear with His eyes. Any organ of His
transcendental body can function as any other organ. His abdomen is the
foundation of all the planetary systems. Brahma holds the post of the
creator of all planetary systems, but his engineering energy is generated
from the abdomen of the Lord. Any creative function in the universe
always has a direct connecting link with the Lord. The necklace of pearls
which decorates the upper portion of the Lord’s body is also spiritual, and
therefore the yogi is advised to gaze at the whitish luster of the pearls
decorating His chest.

TEXT 26
Ta RETfTAA:
gat aatarafrsfemearay |
ae 3 QTR
FURAASATTTG AT 124
vakso “dhivasam rsabhasya maha-vibhiiteh
pumsam mano-nayana-nirurtim adadhanam
kantham ca kaustubha-maner adhibhisanartham
kuryan manasy akhila-loka-namaskrtasya
