368 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 23
of its neck, Jupiter; on its chest, the sun; and within the core of its
heart, Narayana. Within its mind is the moon; on its navel, Venus;
and on its breasts, the ASvinikumaras. Within its life air, which is
known as pranapana, is Mercury, on its neck is Rahu, all over its
body are comets, and in its pores are the numerous stars.
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man aeat fathran sofeesa aat salfaciars aBeTTATT
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fries cay AaTgeraeaeta ttc
etad u haiva bhagavato visnoh sarva-devatamayam ripam aharahah
sandhydyam prayato vagyato niriksamana upatistheta namo jyotir-
lokaya kalayanayanimisém pataye mahd-purusdyabhidhimahiti.
etat—this; u ha—indeed; eva—certainly; bhagavatah—of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; visnoh—of Lord Visnu; sarva-devatd-
mayam—consisting of all the demigods; ripam—form; ahah-ahah—
always; sandhyaéyam—in the morning, noon and evening; prayatah—
meditating upon; vagyatah—controlling the words; niriksamanah—ob-
serving; upatistheta—one should worship; namah—respectful obei-
sances; jyotih-lokadya—unto the resting place of all the planetary
systems; kalayanaya—in the form of supreme time; animisaém—of the
demigods; pataye—unto the master: mahd-purusdya—unto the
Supreme Person; abhidhimahi—let us meditate; iti—thus.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, the body of the sisumara, as thus described,
should be considered the external form of Lord Visnu, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Morning, noon and evening,
one should silently observe the form of the Lord as the Sisumara-
cakra and worship Him with this mantra: ‘“‘O Lord who has
assumed the form of time! O resting place of all the planets mov-
ing in different orbits! O master of all demigods, O Supreme Per-
son, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You and meditate upon
You.”
