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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/38
    भूर्लोकः कल्पितः पद्भ्यां भुवर्लोकोऽस्य नाभितः । हृदा स्वर्लोक उरसा महर्लोको महात्मनः ।। २-५-३८ ।।bhUrlokaH kalpitaH padbhyAM bhuvarloko'sya nAbhitaH | hRdA svarloka urasA maharloko mahAtmanaH || 2-5-38 ||The lower planetary systems, up to the limit of the earthly stratum, are said to be situated in His legs. The middle planetary systems, beginning from Bhuvarloka, are situated in His navel. And the still higher planetary systems, occupied by the demigods and highly cultured sages and saints, are situated in the chest of the Supreme Lord. ।। 2-5-38 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/37
    पुरुषस्य मुखं ब्रह्म क्षत्रमेतस्य बाहवः । ऊर्वोर्वैश्यो भगवतः पद्भ्यां शूद्रो व्यजायत ।। २-५-३७ ।।puruSasya mukhaM brahma kSatrametasya bAhavaH | Urvorvaizyo bhagavataH padbhyAM zUdro vyajAyata || 2-5-37 ||The brāhmaṇas represent His mouth, the kṣatriyas His arms, the vaiśyas His thighs, and the śūdras are born of His legs. ।। 2-5-37 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/36
    यस्येहावयवैर्लोकान् कल्पयन्ति मनीषिणः । कट्यादिभिरधः सप्त सप्तोर्ध्वं जघनादिभिः ।। २-५-३६ ।।yasyehAvayavairlokAn kalpayanti manISiNaH | kaTyAdibhiradhaH sapta saptordhvaM jaghanAdibhiH || 2-5-36 ||Great philosophers imagine that the complete planetary systems in the universe are displays of the different upper and lower limbs of the universal body of the Lord. ।। 2-5-36 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/34
    वर्षपूगसहस्रान्ते तदण्डमुदकेशयम् । कालकर्मस्वभावस्थो जीवोऽजीवमजीवयत् ।। २-५-३४ ।।varSapUgasahasrAnte tadaNDamudakezayam | kAlakarmasvabhAvastho jIvo'jIvamajIvayat || 2-5-34 ||Thus all the universes remained thousands of aeons within the water [the Causal Ocean], and the Lord of living beings, entering in each of them, caused them to be fully animated. ।। 2-5-34 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/25
    तामसादपि भूतादेर्विकुर्वाणादभून्नभः । तस्य मात्रा गुणः शब्दो लिङ्गं यद्द्रष्टृदृश्ययोः ।। २-५-२५ ।।tAmasAdapi bhUtAdervikurvANAdabhUnnabhaH | tasya mAtrA guNaH zabdo liGgaM yaddraSTRdRzyayoH || 2-5-25 ||From the darkness of false ego, the first of the five elements, namely the sky, is generated. Its subtle form is the quality of sound, exactly as the seer is in relationship with the seen. ।। 2-5-25 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/13
    विलज्जमानया यस्य स्थातुमीक्षापथेऽमुया । विमोहिता विकत्थन्ते ममाहमिति दुर्धियः ।। २-५-१३ ।।vilajjamAnayA yasya sthAtumIkSApathe'muyA | vimohitA vikatthante mamAhamiti durdhiyaH || 2-5-13 ||The illusory energy of the Lord cannot take precedence, being ashamed of her position, but those who are bewildered by her always talk nonsense, being absorbed in thoughts of “It is I” and “It is mine.” ।। 2-5-13 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/12
    तस्मै नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय धीमहि । यन्मायया दुर्जयया मां ब्रुवन्ति जगद्गुरुम् ।। २-५-१२ ।।tasmai namo bhagavate vAsudevAya dhImahi | yanmAyayA durjayayA mAM bruvanti jagadgurum || 2-5-12 ||I offer my obeisances and meditate upon Lord Kṛṣṇa [Vāsudeva], the Personality of Godhead, whose invincible potency influences them [the less intelligent class of men] to call me the supreme controller. ।। 2-5-12 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/9
    ब्रह्मोवाच सम्यक्कारुणिकस्येदं वत्स ते विचिकित्सितम् । यदहं चोदितः सौम्य भगवद्वीर्यदर्शने ।। २-५-९ ।।brahmovAca samyakkAruNikasyedaM vatsa te vicikitsitam | yadahaM coditaH saumya bhagavadvIryadarzane || 2-5-9 ||Lord Brahmā said: My dear boy Nārada, being merciful to all (including me) you have asked all these questions because I have been inspired to see into the prowess of the Almighty Personality of Godhead. ।। 2-5-9 ।।
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    siva.sh/srimad-bhagavatam/skandam-2/5/4
    यद्विज्ञानो यदाधारो यत्परस्त्वं यदात्मकः । एकः सृजसि भूतानि भूतैरेवात्ममायया ।। २-५-४ ।।yadvijJAno yadAdhAro yatparastvaM yadAtmakaH | ekaH sRjasi bhUtAni bhUtairevAtmamAyayA || 2-5-4 ||My dear father, what is the source of your knowledge? Under whose protection are you standing? And under whom are you working? What is your real position? Do you alone create all entities with material elements by your personal energy? ।। 2-5-4 ।।
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    यद्रूपं यदधिष्ठानं यतः सृष्टमिदं प्रभो । यत्संस्थं यत्परं यच्च तत्तत्त्वं वद तत्त्वतः ।। २-५-२ ।। yadrUpaM yadadhiSThAnaM yataH sRSTamidaM prabho | yatsaMsthaM yatparaM yacca tattattvaM vada tattvataH || 2-5-2 ||My dear father, please describe factually the symptoms of this manifest world. What is its background? How is it created? How is it conserved? And under whose control is all this being done? ।। 2-5-2 ।।