Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 2 Chapter 1:30-39

Book 2: Chapter 1

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 2: Chapter 1: Verses 30-39 The process of meditation and the cosmic form of the Lord described The sky constitutes His eyes; the sun, His sense of sight and day and night form the eyelids of the Cosmic Being. The abode of Brahma (in the Satyaloka) represents the play of His eyebrows; water, His palate and taste, His tongu. They declare the Vedas as the crown of His head; Yama (the god of retribution) constitutes His grinding teeth and the various forms of personal affection (manifest in individuals), His other teeth. The Maya which deludes men represents His smile and the unending (eternal) process of creation, His sidelong glances. Bashfulness forms His upper lip and greed, the lower; piety constitutes His (right) breast and the path of unrighteousness, His back. Prajapati (the god presiding over creation) represents His penis and the gods Mitra and Varuna, His testicles; the oceans form the cavity of His abdomen and the mountains, the system of His bones. The rivers constitute His arteries and veins and the trees, the hair on the person of the Cosmic Being, 0 king of kings. The air, possessed of infinite strength, is His breath; Time represents His movement and the uninterrupted action of the three Gunas (in the form of creation), His activity. The wise recognize the clouds as the hair (on the head) of the Lord and twilight, as the raiment of the Infinite Being, 0 chief of the Kurus. They declare the Unmanifest (Primordial Matter) as His heart and the familiar moon represents His mind, which is the seat of all passions. They speak of the Mahattattva (the Principle of cosmic intelligence) as the power of understanding and Rudra (the god presiding over destruction) as the ego of the Universal Spirit. The horse, the mule, the camel and the elephant represent His nails; while the deer and all other animals abide in His hips and loins. The birds are His wonderful workmanship; the first Manu (known by the name of Swayambhuva) represents His intellect and man (the offspring of Manu), His abode.The Gandharvas (the celestial musicians), the Vidyadharas (another class of demigods), the Caranas (the celestial bards) and the Apsaras (the celestial nymphs), represent the reminiscences of His melody and the demon hosts, His virility. The Brahmana represents the mouth; the Ksatriya, the arms; the Vaisya, the thighs and the dark-complexioned Sidra, the feet of that mighty Being. And the performance of sacrifices that are conducted with the help of material substances (such as clarified butter etc.) and in the name of classes of deities bearing various names is His occupation. Such is the magnitude and constitution of the Cosmic Body of the Lord as I have just told you. It is on this grossest form that the mind is concentrated with the help of reason; for there exists nothing apart from this. Just as a dreamer sees himself projected in various forms in a dream, it is the one all-witnessing Self who experience everything through the intellects of all. One should devote oneself to that embodiment of Truth, the storehouse of bliss, and should not feel attached to any other object; for such attachment brings about the degradation of the soul. Thus ends the first discourse in Book Two, describing among other things the Cosmic Body of the Great Being, of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.