kṣut-tṛḍbhyām udaraṁ sindhur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

nāḍīr nadyo lohitena

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Viṣṇu along with the organ of locomotion entered the gross feet, but the form did not arise. The river devatās along with the circulation organ entered the veins, but the form did not arise.

|| 3.26.68 ||

kṣut-tṛḍbhyām udaraṁ sindhur

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

hṛdayaṁ manasā candro

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

The ocean devatā along with the hunger and thirst organ entered the stomach but the universal form did not arise. Candra along with the mind entered the heart, but the universal form did not arise.

|| 3.26.69 ||

buddhyā brahmāpi hṛdayaṁ

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

rudro 'bhimatyā hṛdayaṁ

nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ

Brahmā along with intelligence entered the heart, but the form did not arise. Rudra along with ego entered the heart, but the form did not arise.

|| 3.26.70 ||

cittena hṛdayaṁ caityaḥ

kṣetra-jñaḥ prāviśad yadā

virāṭ tadaiva puruṣaḥ

salilād udatiṣṭhata

When Vāsudeva, the antaryāmī, along with the citta, entered the heart, the universal form rose up from the water.

Caityaḥ is Vāsudeva, the antaryāmī (kṣetrjñaḥ), for as the Gītā says kṣetrajñañ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣv asthitam: know that I am the knower of the field situated in all bodies. (BG 13.13)

|| 3.26.71 ||

yathā prasuptaṁ puruṣaṁ

prāṇendriya-mano-dhiyaḥ

prabhavanti vinā yena

notthāpayitum ojasā

Similarly the prāṇas, senses, mind and intelligence by their own strength cannot awaken a sleeping individual without intervention of the Supreme Lord.

An example of the individual body is given illustrate the condition of the universal form. Just as the mind and intelligence cannot awaken a person sleeping without the Supreme Lord, the presiding deity of the citta, they cannot awaken the universal form without the Lord. The verse is connected with the previous verse.

|| 3.26.71 ||