nābhir nabho 'gnir mukham ambu reto

dyauḥ śīrṣam āśāḥ śrutir ańghrir urvī

candro mano yasya dṛg arka ātmā

ahaḿ samudro jaṭharaḿ bhujendraḥ

romāṇi yasyauṣadhayo 'mbu-vāhāḥ

keśā viriñco dhiṣaṇā visargaḥ

prajā-patir hṛdayaḿ yasya dharmaḥ

sa vai bhavān puruṣo loka-kalpaḥ

nabhih -- the navel; nabhah -- the sky; agnih -- fire; mukham -- the face; ambu -- water; retah -- the semen; dyauh -- heaven; sirsham -- the head; asah -- the directions; srutih -- the sense of hearing; anghrih -- the foot; urvi -- the earth; candrah -- the moon; manah -- the mind; yasya -- whose; drik -- sight; arkah -- the sun; atma -- self-awareness; aham -- I (Siva); samudrah -- the ocean; jatharam -- the abdomen; bhuja -- the arm; indrah -- Indra; romani -- the hairs on the body; yasya -- whose; oshadhayah -- herbal plants; ambu-vahah -- water-bearing clouds; kesah -- the hairs on the head; virincah -- Lord Brahma; dhishana -- the discriminating intelligence; visargah -- the genitals; praja-patih -- the progenitor of mankind; hridayam -- the heart; yasya -- whose; dharmah -- religion; sah -- He; vai -- indeed; bhavan -- Your good self; purushah -- the primeval creator; loka -- the worlds; kalpah -- produced from whom.


Texto

The sky is Your navel, fire Your face, water Your semen, and heaven Your head. The cardinal directions are Your sense of hearing, herbal plants the hairs on Your body, and water-bearing clouds the hair on Your head. The earth is Your foot, the moon Your mind, and the sun Your vision, while I am Your ego. The ocean is Your abdomen, Indra Your arm, Lord Brahma Your intelligence, the progenitor of mankind Your genitals, and religion Your heart. You are indeed the original purusha, creator of the worlds.

Significado

Srila Sridhara Svami explains that just as the tiny bugs living inside a fruit cannot comprehend the fruit, so we tiny living beings cannot understand the Supreme Absolute Truth, in whom we exist. It is difficult to understand the cosmic manifestation of the Lord, what to speak of His transcendental form as Sri Krishna. Therefore we should surrender in Krishna consciousness, and the Lord Himself will help us understand.