Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 40 Verses 13-14

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 40: The Prayers of Akrūra

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.13-14

agnir mukhaḿ te 'vanir ańghrir īkṣaṇaḿ

sūryo nabho nābhir atho diśaḥ śrutiḥ

dyauḥ kaḿ surendrās tava bāhavo 'rṇavāḥ

kukṣir marut prāṇa-balaḿ prakalpitam

romāṇi vṛkṣauṣadhayaḥ śiroruhā

meghāḥ parasyāsthi-nakhāni te 'drayaḥ

nimeṣaṇaḿ rātry-ahanī prajāpatir

meḍhras tu vṛṣṭis tava vīryam iṣyate

SYNONYMS

agniḥ — fire; mukham — face; te — Your; avaniḥ — the earth; ańghriḥ — feet; ikṣaṇam — eye; sūryaḥ — the sun; nabhaḥ — the sky; nābhiḥ — navel; atha u — and also; diśaḥ — the directions; śrutiḥ — sense of hearing; dyauḥ — heaven; kam — head; sura-indrāḥ — the chief demigods; tava — Your; bāhavaḥ — arms; arṇavāḥ — the oceans; kukṣiḥ — abdomen; marut — the wind; prāṇa — vital air; balam — and physical strength; prakalpitam — conceived; romāṇi — bodily hairs; vṛkṣa — the trees; oṣadhayaḥ — the plants; śiraḥ-ruhāḥ — the hair on Your head; meghāḥ — the clouds; parasya — of the Supreme; asthi — bones; nakhāni — and nails; te — of You; adrayaḥ — the mountains; nimeṣaṇam — the blinking of Your eyes; rātri-ahanī — day and night; prajāpatiḥ — the progenitor of mankind; meḍhraḥ — genitals; tu — and; vṛṣṭiḥ — the rain; tava — Your; vīryam — semen; iṣyate — is considered.

TRANSLATION

Fire is said to be Your face, the earth Your feet, the sun Your eye, and the sky Your navel. The directions are Your sense of hearing, the chief demigods Your arms, and the oceans Your abdomen. Heaven is thought to be Your head, and the wind Your vital air and physical strength. The trees and plants are the hairs on Your body, the clouds the hair on Your head, and the mountains the bones and nails of You, the Supreme. The passage of day and night is the blinking of Your eyes, the progenitor of mankind Your genitals, and the rain Your semen.

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