योऽनङ्गोऽपि समस्ताङ्गः सहस्रकरलोचनः । न किञ्चित्संस्थितेनाऽपि येन व्याप्तमिदं जगत् ॥ ६५ ॥
yō’naṅgō’pi samastāṅgaḥ sahasrakaralōcanaḥ | na kiñcitsaṁsthitēnā’pi yēna vyāptamidaṁ jagat || 65 ||
Translation
Who, though limbless, has every limb, thousands of hands and eyes; by whom this world is pervaded, though he stands in nothing.
Word by word
- yō
- who
- anaṅgō
- limbless
- api
- though
- samasta
- every
- aṅgaḥ
- limb
- sahasra
- thousands of
- kara
- hands
- lōcanaḥ
- and eyes
- na
- not
- kiñcit
- in anything
- saṁsthitēna
- standing
- yēna
- by whom
- vyāptam
- is pervaded
- idaṁ
- this
- jagat
- world
Meaning
The Puruṣa of the Ṛg Veda has a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, a thousand feet; the Gītā (13.13) says his hands and feet, eyes, heads and faces are everywhere. The commentary: without limbs of his own, all limbs of all beings are his; so he has thousands of arms and eyes. His body has no shape at all, yet he fills the world.