SB 12.11.9 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

यावानयं वै पुरुषो यावत्या संस्थया मित: । तावानसावपि महापुरुषो लोकसंस्थया ॥ ९ ॥

Verse text

yāvān ayaṁ vai puruṣo yāvatyā saṁsthayā mitaḥ tāvān asāv api mahā- puruṣo loka-saṁsthayā

Synonyms

yāvān — to which extent ; ayam — this ; vai — indeed ; puruṣaḥ — ordinary individual person ; yāvatyā — extending to which dimensions ; saṁsthayā — by the position of his limbs ; mitaḥ — measured ; tāvān — to that extent ; asau — He ; api — also ; mahā — puruṣaḥ — the transcendental personality ; loka — saṁsthayā — according to the positions of the planetary systems .

Translation

Just as one can determine the dimensions of an ordinary person of this world by measuring his various limbs, one can determine the dimensions of the Mahāpuruṣa by measuring the arrangement of the planetary systems within His universal form.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Just as one can determine the dimensions of an ordinary person of this world by measuring his various limbs, one can determine the dimensions of the universal form by measuring the arrangement of the planetary systems. Since the universal form and the individual person are considered one, by seeing the individual person, though faulty because of material qualities, one can understand something of the faultless spiritual person of eternity knowledge and bliss. Mitaḥ means measured.