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[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 02 Chapter 01]]
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==== TEXT 30 ====

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:dyaur akṣiṇī cakṣur abhūt pataṅgaḥ
:pakṣmāṇi viṣṇor ahanī ubhe ca
:tad-bhrū-vijṛmbhaḥ parameṣṭhi-dhiṣṇyam
:āpo 'sya tālū rasa eva jihvā
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==== SYNONYMS ====

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''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dyauḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 dyauḥ]'' — the sphere of outer space; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=akṣiṇī&tab=syno_o&ds=1 akṣiṇī]'' — the eyeballs; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=cakṣuḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 cakṣuḥ]'' — of eyes (senses); ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=abhūt&tab=syno_o&ds=1 abhūt]'' — it so became; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pataṅgaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 pataṅgaḥ]'' — the sun; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pakṣmāṇi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 pakṣmāṇi]'' — eyelids; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=viṣṇoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 viṣṇoḥ]'' — of the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Viṣṇu; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ahanī&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ahanī]'' — day and night; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ubhe&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ubhe]'' — both; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ca&tab=syno_o&ds=1 ca]'' — and; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tat&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tat]'' — His; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bhrū&tab=syno_o&ds=1 bhrū]'' — eyebrows; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vijṛmbhaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 vijṛmbhaḥ]'' — movements; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=parameṣṭhi&tab=syno_o&ds=1 parameṣṭhi]'' — the supreme entity (Brahmā); ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dhiṣṇyam&tab=syno_o&ds=1 dhiṣṇyam]'' — post; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āpaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 āpaḥ]'' — Varuṇa, the director of water; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asya&tab=syno_o&ds=1 asya]'' — His; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tālū&tab=syno_o&ds=1 tālū]'' — palate; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=rasaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1 rasaḥ]'' — juice; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=eva&tab=syno_o&ds=1 eva]'' — certainly; ''[//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jihvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1 jihvā]'' — the tongue.
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==== TRANSLATION ====

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The sphere of outer space constitutes His eyepits, and the eyeball is the sun as the power of seeing. His eyelids are both the day and night, and in the movements of His eyebrows, the Brahmā and similar supreme personalities reside. His palate is the director of water, Varuṇa, and the juice or essence of everything is His tongue.
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==== PURPORT ====

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To common sense the description in this verse appears to be somewhat contradictory because sometimes the sun has been described as the eyeball and sometimes as the outer space sphere. But there is no room for common sense in the injunctions of the ''śāstras''. We must accept the description of the ''śāstras'' and concentrate more on the form of the ''virāṭ-rūpa'' than on common sense. Common sense is always imperfect, whereas the description in the ''śāstras'' is always perfect and complete. If there is any incongruity, it is due to our imperfection and not the ''śāstras'''. That is the method of approaching Vedic wisdom.
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