Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 67
Sāṅkhya: Categories of the Absolute Truth and the Unfolding of Creation
Tattva-vicāra
विष्णुर्गत्यैव चरणौ नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् । नाडीर्नद्यो लोहितेन नोदतिष्ठत्तदा विराट् ॥ ६७ ॥
viṣṇur gatyaiva caraṇau nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ nāḍīr nadyo lohitena nodatiṣṭhat tadā virāṭ
El Señor Viṣṇu entró en Sus pies con la facultad de moverse, pero el virāṭ-puruṣa aun así no se levantó. Los ríos entraron en Sus vasos con la sangre y el poder de la circulación, y sin embargo el Ser Cósmico no se conmovió.
FAQs
This verse states that the Virāṭ (universal form) becomes functional only when Viṣṇu enters as the empowering principle—here specifically as movement (activating the feet) and as circulation (blood flowing through veins and rivers).
Kapila teaches Devahūti that matter alone cannot act; the Lord’s presence empowers each system of the cosmos. The feet symbolize locomotion and the blood/veins symbolize circulation—both require divine activation.
Recognize that ability and vitality are ultimately gifts; cultivate humility and devotion by seeing one’s movement, strength, and life-breath as supported by the Supreme, and use them in dharmic service.