Fourteen Worlds
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SB 12.11.23

Devanāgarī

अङ्गोपाङ्गायुधाकल्पैर्भगवांस्तच्चतुष्टयम् । बिभर्ति स्म चतुर्मूर्तिर्भगवान् हरिरीश्वर: ॥ २३ ॥

Text

aṅgopāṅgāyudhākalpair bhagavāṁs tac catuṣṭayam bibharti sma catur-mūrtir bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ

Synonyms

aṅga—with His major limbs;upāṅga—minor limbs;āyudha—weapons;ākalpaiḥ—and ornaments;bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead;tatcatuṣṭayam—these four manifestations (ofviśva, taijasa, prājñaandturīya);bibharti—maintains;sma—indeed;catuḥ-mūrtiḥ—in His four personal features (Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha);bhagavān—the Lord;hariḥ—Hari;īśvaraḥ—the supreme controller.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Hari, thus appears in four personal expansions, each exhibiting major limbs, minor limbs, weapons and ornaments. Through these distinct features, the Lord maintains the four phases of existence.

Purport

The Lord’s spiritual body, weapons, ornaments and associates are all pure transcendental existence, identical with Him.
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