Bs 5.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

praty-andam evam ekamsad

ekamsad visati svayam

sahasra-murdha visvatma

maha-visnuh sanatanah

SYNONYMS

prati-each; andam-egglike universe; evam-thus; eka-amsat eka-amsat-as His own separate subjective portions; visati-enters; svayam-personally; sahasra-murdha-possessing thousands of heads; visva-atma-the Supersoul of the universe; maha-visnuh-Maha-Visnu; sanatanah-eternal.

TRANSLATION

The same Maha-Visnu entered into each universe as His own separate subjective portions. The divine portions, that entered into each universe are possessed of His majestic extension, i.e., they are the eternal universal soul Maha-Visnu, possessing thousands of thousands of heads.

PURPORT

Maha-Visnu lying in the spiritual Causal Ocean is the subjective portion of Maha-Saṅkarsana. He entered, as His own subjective portions, into those universes. These individual portions all represent the second divine purusa lying in the ocean of conception and is identical with Maha-Visnu in every respect. He is also spoken of as the divine guide, from within, of all souls.