ŚB 3.6.27
Devanagari
शीर्ष्णोऽस्य द्यौर्धरा पद्भ्यां खं नाभेरुदपद्यत ।
गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादय: ॥ २७ ॥
गुणानां वृत्तयो येषु प्रतीयन्ते सुरादय: ॥ २७ ॥
Verse text
śīrṣṇo ’sya dyaur dharā padbhyāṁ
khaṁ nābher udapadyata
guṇānāṁ vṛttayo yeṣu
pratīyante surādayaḥ
khaṁ nābher udapadyata
guṇānāṁ vṛttayo yeṣu
pratīyante surādayaḥ
Synonyms
śīrṣṇaḥ — head; asya — of the gigantic form; dyauḥ — the heavenly planets; dharā — earthly planets; padbhyām — on His legs; kham — the sky; nābheḥ — from the abdomen; udapadyata — became manifested; guṇānām — of the three modes of nature; vṛttayaḥ — reactions; yeṣu — in which; pratīyante — manifest; sura-ādayaḥ — the demigods and others.
Translation
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.