ete hy abhyutthitā devā

ete hy abhyutthitā devā

naivāsyotthāpane 'śakan

punar āviviśuḥ khāni

tam utthāpayituṁ kramāt

The devatās who had appeared were not able to awaken the universal form. They again one after the other entered the apertures to wake him up.

This is described to show that the antaryāmī possess all powers by their emerging from and entering into the Lord. Again all the devatās entered into the body of the universal form.

|| 3.26.63 ||

vahnir vācā mukhaṁ bheje

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

ghrāṇena nāsike vāyur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

The fire devatā along with the organ of speech entered the mouth of the universal form, but the universal form did not arise. The air devatā along with the nose entered the nostrils, but the universal form did not arise.

|| 3.26.64 ||

akṣiṇī cakṣuṣādityo

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

śrotreṇa karṇau ca diśo

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

The sun devatā long with the eyes entered into the eyeballs but the form did not arise. The direction devatās along with the ears entered the gross ears, but the universal form did not arise.

|| 3.26.65 ||

tvacaṁ romabhir oṣadhyo

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

retasā śiśnam āpas tu

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

The herb devatās along with the hair sense organs entered the skin, but the form did not arise. The water devatā along with organ for sex[257] entered the penis, but the form did not arise.

|| 3.26.66 ||

gudaṁ mṛtyur apānena

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

hastāv indro balenaiva

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Death, the deity of the anus, along with evacuation organ, entered the anus, but the universal form did not awaken. Indra along with the organ for grasping entered the hands, but the universal form did not arise.

|| 3.26.67 ||

viṣṇur gatyaiva caraṇau