शीर्ष्णोऽस्य द्यौर्धरा पद्भ्यां खं नाभेरुदपद्यत ।
गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादयः ॥२७॥

śīrṣṇo 'sya dyaur dharÄ padbhyÄá¹
khaá¹ nÄbher udapadyata
guṇÄnÄá¹ vá¹›ttayo yeá¹£u
pratÄ«yante surÄdayaḥ

 Å›Ä«rṣṇaḥ - head; asya - of the gigantic form; dyauḥ - the heavenly planets; dharÄ - earthly planets; padbhyÄm - on His legs; kham - the sky; nÄbheḥ - from the abdomen; udapadyata - became manifested; guṇÄnÄm - of the three modes of nature; vá¹›ttayaḥ - reactions; yeá¹£u - in which; pratÄ«yante - manifest; sura-Ädayaḥ - the demigods and others.


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Thereafter, from the head of the gigantic form, the heavenly planets were manifested, and from His legs the earthly planets and from His abdomen the sky separately manifested themselves. Within them the demigods and others also were manifested in terms of the modes of material nature.

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