यमाहुराद्यं पुरुषं सहस्राङ्घ्र्यूरुबाहुकम् ।
यत्र विश्व इमे लोकाः सविकाशं त आसते ॥२२॥

yam Ähur Ädyaá¹ puruá¹£aá¹
sahasrÄá¹…ghry-Å«ru-bÄhukam
yatra viÅ›va ime lokÄḥ
sa-vikÄÅ›aá¹ ta Äsate

 yam - who; Ähuḥ - is called; Ädyam - original; puruá¹£am - incarnation for cosmic manifestation; sahasra - thousand; aá¹…ghri - legs; Å«ru - thighs; bÄhukam - hands; yatra - wherein; viÅ›vaḥ - the universe; ime - all these; lokÄḥ - planets; sa-vikÄÅ›am - with respective developments; te - all of them; Äsate - living.


Text

The puruá¹£a incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original puruá¹£a in the material creations, and in His virÄá¹­ form, in whom all the planets and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.

Purport

The first puruá¹£a is KÄraṇodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, the second puruá¹£a is GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, and the third puruá¹£a is KṣīrodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu, in whom is contemplated the virÄá¹­-puruá¹£a, the gigantic form in which all the planets with their different developments and inhabitants are floating.