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ŚB 3.26.66

Devanagari

गुदं मृत्युरपानेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ।
हस्ताविन्द्रो बलेनैव नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥ ६६ ॥

Text

gudaṁ mṛtyur apānena
nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
hastāv indro balenaiva
nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Synonyms

gudam — His anus; mṛtyuḥ — the god of death; apānena — with the organ of defecation; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa; hastau — the two hands; indraḥ — Lord Indra; balena — with their power to grasp and drop things; eva — indeed; na — not; udatiṣṭhat — did arise; tadā — even then; virāṭ — the virāṭ-puruṣa.

Translation

The god of death entered His anus with the organ of defecation, but the virāṭ-puruṣa could not be spurred to activity. The god Indra entered the hands with their power of grasping and dropping things, but the virāṭ-puruṣa would not get up even then.