SB 2.5.36
TEXT 36
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TEXT
यस्येहावयवैर्लोकान् कल्पयन्ति मनीषिणः ।
कट्यादिभिरधः सप्त सप्तोर्ध्वं जघनादिभिः ॥ ३६ ॥ yasyehavayavair lokan
kalpayanti manisinah
katyadibhir adhah sapta
saptordhvam jaghanadibhih
yasya-whose; iha-in the universe; avayavaih-by the limbs of the body; lokan-all the planets; kalpayanti-imagine; manisinah-great philosophers; kati-adibhih-down from the waist; adhah-downwards; sapta-seven systems; sapta-urdham-and seven systems upwards; jaghana-adibhih-front portion.
TRANSLATION
Great philosophers imagine that the complete planetary systems in the universe are displays of the different limbs of the universal body of the Lord, downwards and upwards.
PURPORT
The word kalpayanti, or "imagine," is significant. The virata universal form of the Absolute is an imagination of the speculative philosophers who are unable to adjust to the eternal two-handed form of Lord Sri Krsna. Although the universal form, as imagined by the great philosophers, is one of the features of the Lord, it is more or less imaginary. It is said that seven upper planetary systems are situated above the waist of the universal form, whereas the lower planetary systems are situated down from His waist. The idea impressed herein is that the Supreme Lord is conscious of every part of His body, and nowhere in the creation is there anything beyond His control.
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