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Chapter 11. The Universal Form

TEXT 16

aneka-bahudara-vaktra-netram
pasyami tvam sarvato 'nanta-rupam
nantam na madhyam na punas tavadim
pasyami visvesvara visva-rupa

SYNONYMS

aneka--many; bahu--arms; udara--bellies; vaktra--mouths; netram--eyes; pasyami--I see; tvam--unto You; sarvatah--from all sides; ananta-rupam--unlimited form; na antam--there is no end; na madhyam--there is no middle; na punah--nor again; tava--Your; adim--beginning; pasyami--I see; visva-isvara--O Lord of the universe; visva-rupa--in the form of the universe. 

TRANSLATION

O Lord of the universe, I see in Your universal body many, many forms--bellies, mouths, eyes--expanded without limit. There is no end, there is no beginning, and there is no middle to all this.

PURPORT

Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is unlimited; thus through Him everything could be seen.

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