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SB 3.26.70

Devanāgarī

चित्तेन हृदयं चैत्य: क्षेत्रज्ञ: प्राविशद्यदा । विराट् तदैव पुरुष: सलिलादुदतिष्ठत ॥ ७० ॥

Text

cittena hṛdayaṁ caityaḥ kṣetra-jñaḥ prāviśad yadā virāṭ tadaiva puruṣaḥ salilād udatiṣṭhata

Synonyms

cittena—along with reason, consciousness;hṛdayam—the heart;caityaḥ—the deity presiding over consciousness;kṣetra-jñaḥ—the knower of the field;prāviśat—entered;yadā—when;virāṭ—thevirāṭ-puruṣa;tadā—then;eva—just;puruṣaḥ—the Cosmic Being;salilāt—from the water;udatiṣṭhata—arose.

Translation

However, when the inner controller, the deity presiding over consciousness, entered the heart with reason, at that very moment the Cosmic Being arose from the causal waters.

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