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SB 3.26.53

Devanāgarī

हिरण्मयादण्डकोशादुत्थाय सलिलेशयात् । तमाविश्य महादेवो बहुधा निर्बिभेद खम् ॥ ५३ ॥

Text

hiraṇmayād aṇḍa-kośād utthāya salile śayāt tam āviśya mahā-devo bahudhā nirbibheda kham

Synonyms

hiraṇmayāt—golden;aṇḍa-kośāt—from the egg;utthāya—arising;salile—on the water;śayāt—lying;tam—in it;āviśya—having entered;mahā-devaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;bahudhā—in many ways;nirbibheda—divided;kham—apertures.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the virāṭ-puruṣa, situated Himself in that golden egg, which was lying on the water, and He divided it into many departments.

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