सहस्रशिरस: पुंसो नाभिह्रदसरोरुहात् । जातस्यासीत् सुतो धातुरत्रि: पितृसमो गुणै: ॥ २ ॥
sahasra-sirasah pumso nabhi-hrada-saroruhat jatasyasit suto dhatur atrih pitr-samo gunaih
- sahasra-sirasah
- who has thousands of heads
- pumsah
- of Lord Visnu (Garbhodakasayi Visnu)
- nabhi-hrada-saroruhat
- from the lotus produced from the lake of the navel
- jatasya
- who appeared
- asit
- there was
- sutah
- a son
- dhatuh
- of Lord Brahma
- atrih
- by the name Atri
- pitr-samah
- like his father
- gunaih
- qualified.
Lord Visnu (Garbhodakasayi Visnu) is also known as Sahasra-sirsa Purusa. From the lake of His navel sprang a lotus, on which Lord Brahma was generated. Atri, the son of Lord Brahma, was as qualified as his father.