364 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 23

TRANSLATION

This great machine, consisting of the stars and planets, resem-
bles the form of a sisumara [dolphin] in the water. It is sometimes
considered an incarnation of Krsna, Vasudeva. Great yogis medi-
tate upon Vasudeva in this form because it is actually visible.

PURPORT

Transcendentalists such as yogis whose minds cannot accommodate the
form of the Lord prefer to visualize something very great, such as the
virata-purusa. Therefore some yogis comtemplate this imaginary
Sisumara to be swimming in the sky the way a dolphin swims in water.
They meditate upon it as the virdta-ripa, the gigantic form of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 5

TA TOUSEN: PITA WT Tawa TET
aR TA st gesys sat ara a seat aaa! |
Ta ahdeseraie waar «cea
aaayqnerated chara = of BEA aa fAYATA Feat -
TraPATS TaTeaRTTTIT: AAdeaT alea | I TA

AVATAR Barat U4 II

yasya pucchagre ’vaksirasah kundali-bhita-dehasya dhruva
upakalpitas tasya langiile prajapatir agnir indro dharma iti puccha-
miile dhata vidhata ca katyam saptarsayah. tasya daksinavarta-
kundali-bhita-sarirasya yany udagayandani daksina-parsve tu
naksatrany upakalpayanti daksinadyanani tu savye. yatha sisumarasya
kundala-bhoga-sannivesasya parsvayor ubhayor apy avayavah
samasankhya bhavanti. prsthe tv ajavithi akasa-ganga codaratah.

yasya—of which; puccha-agre—at the end of the tail; avak-
Sirasah—whose head is downward; kundali-bhiita-dehasya—whose
body, which is coiled; dahruvah—Maharaja Dhruva on his planet, the
polestar; upakalpitah—is situated; tasya—of that; langiile—on the tail;
