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SB 2.8.8

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


āsīd yad-udarāt padmaṁ
yāvān ayaṁ vai puruṣa
iyattāvayavaiḥ pṛthak
tāvān asāv iti proktaḥ
saṁsthāvayavavān iva


āsīt—as it grew; yat-udarāt—from whose abdomen; padmam—lotus flower; loka—world; saṁsthāna—situation; lakṣaṇam—possessed of; yāvān—as it were; ayam—this; vai—certainly; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; iyattā—measurement; avayavaiḥ—by embodiments; pṛthak—different; tāvān—so; asau—that; iti proktaḥ—it is so said; saṁsthā—situation; avayavavān—embodiment; iva—like.




One should note how Mahārāja Parīkṣit intelligently put questions before his spiritual master for scientific understanding of the transcendental body of the Lord. It has been described in many places before this that the Lord assumed a gigantic body, like that of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, from whose hair pores innumerable universes have generated. The body of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is described as sprouting the lotus stem within which all the planets of the universe remain, and at the top of the stem is the lotus flower on which Lord Brahmā is born. In the creation of the material world the Supreme Lord undoubtedly assumes a gigantic body, and living entities also get bodies, big or small, according to necessity. For example, an elephant gets a gigantic body according to its needs, and so also an ant gets its body according to its needs. Similarly, if the Personality of Godhead assumes a gigantic body to accommodate the universes or the planets of a particular universe, there is no difference in the principle of assuming or accepting a particular type of body in terms of necessity. A living being and the Lord cannot be distinguished simply by the difference in the magnitude of the body. So the answer depends on the specific significance of the body of the Lord, as distinguished from the body of the common living being.

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