Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 2 - Chapter 1 - Verse 11


Sanskrit:

पुरुषावयवैर्लोका: सपाला: पूर्वकल्पिता: ।लोकैरमुष्यावयवा: सपालैरिति शुश्रुम ॥ ११ ॥

ITRANS:

puruṣāvayavair lokāḥsapālāḥ pūrva-kalpitāḥlokair amuṣyāvayavāḥsa-pālair iti śuśruma

Translation:

O learned brāhmaṇa, it was formerly explained that all the planets of the universe with their respective governors are situated in the different parts of the gigantic body of the virāṭ-puruṣa. I have also heard that the different planetary systems are supposed to be in the gigantic body of the virāṭ-puruṣa. But what is their actual position? Will you please explain that?

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