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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.11
SYNONYMS
sahasra-sirsa -- possessing thousands of heads; purusah -- Lord Maha-Visnu, the first purusa-avatara; sahasra-aksah -- possessing thousands of eyes; sahasra-pat -- possessing thousands of legs; sahasra-bahuh -- possessing thousands of arms; visva-atma -- the Supersoul of the universe; sahasra-amsah -- the source of thousands of avataras; sahasra-suh -- the creator of thousands of individual souls.
TRANSLATION
The Lord of the mundane world, Maha-Visnu, possesses thousands of thousands of heads, eyes, hands. He is the source of thousands of thousands of avataras in His thousands of thousands of subjective portions. He is the creator of thousands of thousands of individual souls.
PURPORT
Maha-Visnu, the object of worship of the hymns of all the Vedas, is possessed of an infinity of senses and potencies, and He is the prime avatara-purusa, the source of all the avataras.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness