यमाहुराद्यं पुरुषं सहस्राङ्घ्र्यूरुबाहुकम् । यत्र विश्व इमे लोका: सविकाशं त आसते ॥ २२ ॥
yam ahur adyam purusam sahasranghry-uru-bahukam yatra visva ime lokah sa-vikasam ta asate
- yam
- who
- ahuh
- is called
- adyam
- original
- purusam
- incarnation for cosmic manifestation
- sahasra
- thousand
- anghri
- legs
- uru
- thighs
- bahukam
- hands
- yatra
- wherein
- visvah
- the universe
- ime
- all these
- lokah
- planes
- sa-vikasam
- with respective developments
- te
- all of them
- asate
- living.
The purusa incarnation lying on the Causal Ocean is called the original purusa in the material creations, and in His virat form, in whom all the planes and their inhabitants live, He has many thousands of legs and hands.