सहस्र शीर्षा पुरुषः
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सहस्र बाहुः विश्वात्मा
सहस्र अंशः सहस्र सूः ॥ ११ ॥
sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ
sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt
sahasra-bāhur viśvātmā
sahasrāmśaḥ sahasra-sūḥ
sahasra-śīrṣā - possessing thousands of heads; puruṣaḥ - Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, the first puruṣa-avatāra; sahasra-akṣaḥ - possessing thousands of eyes; sahasra-pāt - possessing thousands of legs; sahasra-bāhuḥ - possessing thousands of arms; viśva-ātmā - the Supersoul of the universe; sahasra-amśaḥ - the source of thousands of avatāras; sahasra-sūḥ - the creator of thousands of individual souls.
The Lord of the mundane world, Mahā-Viṣṇu, possesses thousands of thousands of heads, eyes, hands. He is the source of thousands of thousands of avatāras in His thousands of thousands of subjective portions. He is the creator of thousands of thousands of individual souls.
Mahā-Viṣṇu, 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 avatāra-puruṣa, the source of all the avatāras.
