SB 2.1.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

इन्द्रादयो बाहव आहुरुस्राः कर्णौ दिशः श्रोत्रममुष्य शब्दः ।
नासत्यदस्रौ परमस्य नासे घ्राणो ऽस्य गन्धो मुखमग्निरिद्धः ॥ २९ ॥

indradayo bahava ahur usraḥ

karnau disaḥ srotram amusya sabdaḥ

nasatya-dasrau paramasya nase

ghrano 'sya gandho mukham agnir iddhaḥ

indradayaḥ-demigods headed by the heavenly king, Indra; bahavaḥ-arms; ahuḥ-are called; usraḥ-the demigods; karnau-the ears; disaḥ-the four directions; srotram-sense of hearing; amusya-of the Lord; sabdaḥ-sound; nasatya-dasrau-the demigods known as Asvinikumaras; paramasya-of the Supreme; nase-nostrils; ghranaḥ-sense of smelling; asya-of Him; gandhaḥ-flavor; mukham-mouth; agniḥ-fire; iddhaḥ-blazing.

TRANSLATION

His arms are the demigods headed by Indra, the ten directional sides are His ears, and physical sound is the sense of His hearing. His nostrils are the two Asvinikumaras, and the material flavor is the sense of His smelling. His mouth is the blazing fire.

PURPORT

The description of the gigantic form of the Personality of Godhead made in the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad-gita is further explained here in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The description in the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 11.30) runs as follows: "O Visnu, I see You devouring all people in Your blazing mouths and covering all the universe by Your immeasurable rays. Scorching the worlds, You are manifest." In that way, Srimad-Bhagavatam is the postgraduate study for the student of the Bhagavad-gita. Both of them are the science of Krsna, the Absolute Truth, and so they are interdependent.

The conception of the virata-purusa or the gigantic form of the Supreme Lord is said to include all the dominating demigods as well as the dominated living beings. Even the minutest part of a living being is controlled by the empowered agency of the Lord. Since the demigods are included in the gigantic form of the Lord, worship of the Lord whether in His gigantic material conception or in His eternal transcendental form as Lord Sri Krsna also appeases the demigods and all the other parts and parcels, as much as watering the root of the tree distributes energy to all other parts. Therefore, for a materialist also, worship of the universal gigantic form of the Lord leads one to the right path. One need not risk being misled by approaching many demigods for fulfillment of different desires. The real entity is the Lord Himself, and all others are imaginary, for everything is included in Him only.

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