Text 23] The Structure of the Universe 295
TEXT 23
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TAs CHAT TA: CATTATAAL Ba ata 122 UI
Gpah purusa-viryah stha
punantir bhir-bhuvah-suvah
ta nah punitamiva-ghnih
sprsatam dtmana bhuva iti
aGpah—O water; purusa-viryah—endowed with the energy of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; stha—you are; punantih—sanctify-
ing; bhuih—of the planetary system known as Bhah; bhuvah—of the
Bhuvah planetary system; suvah—of the Svah planetary system; tah—
that water; nah—of us; punita—purify; amiva-ghnih—who destroys
sin; sprsatam—of those touching; dtmand—by your constitutional posi-
tion; bhuvah—the bodies; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
[The inhabitants of Krauficadvipa worship with this mantra.] O
water of the rivers, you have obtained energy from the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Therefore you purify the three planetary
systems, known as Bhaloka, Bhuvarloka and Svarloka. By your
constitutional nature, you take away sins, and that is why we are
touching you. Kindly continue to purify us.
PURPORT
Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.4):
bhiimir apo ’nalo vayuh
khart mano buddhir eva ca
ahankdra itiyarn me
bhinna prakrtir astadha
“Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego—all
together these eight comprise My separated material energies.”
