SB 2.1.30
TEXT 30
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TEXT
द्यौरक्षिणी चक्षुरभूत्पतङ्गः पक्ष्माणि विष्णोरहनी उभे च ।
तद्भ्रूविजृम्भः परमेष्ठिधिष्ण्यम् आपो ऽस्य तालू रस एव जिह्वा ॥ ३० ॥ dyaur aksini caksur abhūt patahgaḥ
paksmani visnor ahani ubhe ca
tad-bhrū-vijrmbhaḥ paramesthi-dhisnyam
apo 'sya talū rasa eva jihva
dyauḥ-sphere of outer space; aksini-the eyeballs; caksuḥ-of eyes (senses); abhūt-it so became; patahgaḥ-the sun; paksmani-eyelids; visnoḥ-of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Visnu; ahani-day and night; ubhe-both; ca-and; tat-His; bhrū-eyebrows; vijrmbhaḥ-movements; paramesthi-the supreme entity (Brahma); dhisnyam-post; apaḥ-Varuna, the director of water; asya-His; talū-palate; rasaḥ-juice; eva-certainly; jihva-the tongue.
TRANSLATION
The sphere of outer space constitutes His eyepits, and the eyeball is the sun as the power of seeing; His eyelids are both the day and night, and in the movements of His eyebrows, the Brahma and similar supreme personalities reside. His palate is the director of water, Varuna, and the juice or essence of everything is His tongue.
PURPORT
To common sense the description in this verse appears to be somewhat contradictory because sometimes the sun has been described as the eyeball and sometimes as the outer space sphere. But there is no room for common sense in the injunctions of the sastras. We must accept the description of the sastras and concentrate more on the form of the virata rūpa than on common sense. Common sense is always imperfect, whereas description in the sastras is always perfect and complete. If there is any incongruity, it is due to our imperfection and not the sastras'. That is the method of approaching Vedic wisdom.
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