केचनैतज्ज्योतिरनीकं शिशुमारसंस्थानेन भगवतो वासुदेवस्य योगधारणायामनुवर्णयन्ति ॥ ४ ॥
kecanaitaj jyotir-anikam sisumara-samsthanena bhagavato vasudevasya yoga-dharanayam anuvarnayanti.
- kecana
- some yogis or learned scholars of astronomy
- etat
- this
- jyotih-anikam
- great wheel of planes and stars
- sisumara-samsthanena
- imagine this wheel to be a sisumara (dolphin)
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vasudevasya
- Lord Vasudeva (the son of Vasudeva), Krsna
- yoga-dharanayam
- in absorption in worship
- anuvarnayanti
- describe.
This great machine, consisting of the stars and planes, resembles the form of a sisumara (dolphin) in the water. It is sometimes considered an incarnation of Krsna, Vasudeva. Great yogis meditate upon Vasudeva in this form because it is actually visible.