Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 7
Dhruva-loka as the Cosmic Pivot and the Śiśumāra-cakra
Viṣṇu’s Astral Form
उत्तराहनावगस्तिरधराहनौ यमो मुखेषु चाङ्गारक: शनैश्चर उपस्थे बृहस्पति: ककुदि वक्षस्यादित्यो हृदये नारायणो मनसि चन्द्रो नाभ्यामुशना स्तनयोरश्विनौ बुध: प्राणापानयो राहुर्गले केतव: सर्वाङ्गेषु रोमसु सर्वे तारागणा: ॥ ७ ॥
uttarā-hanāv agastir adharā-hanau yamo mukheṣu cāṅgārakaḥ śanaiścara upasthe bṛhaspatiḥ kakudi vakṣasy ādityo hṛdaye nārāyaṇo manasi candro nābhyām uśanā stanayor aśvinau budhaḥ prāṇāpānayo rāhur gale ketavaḥ sarvāṅgeṣu romasu sarve tārā-gaṇāḥ.
Sur la mâchoire supérieure du śiśumāra se tient Agasti; sur la mâchoire inférieure, Yamarāja; et dans sa bouche, Mars. Dans ses organes génitaux est Saturne; à l’arrière de son cou (kakuda) est Jupiter; sur sa poitrine, le soleil; et au cœur même de son cœur demeure Nārāyaṇa. Dans son mental est la lune; à son nombril, Vénus; sur ses seins, les Aśvinī-kumāras; et dans son souffle vital, prāṇa-apāna, se trouve Mercure. À sa gorge est Rāhu; sur tout son corps, des Ketu (comètes); et dans ses pores, d’innombrables étoiles.
FAQs
This verse maps the grahas, stars, and divine beings onto the limbs of the Virāṭ-puruṣa, showing the cosmos as an ordered manifestation within the Lord’s universal form, with Nārāyaṇa placed centrally in the heart.
The placement signifies that although planets and cosmic forces appear prominent, the indwelling Lord is the true center and sustaining reality of the universe, just as the heart sustains the body.
By seeing the world as pervaded and governed by the Supreme, one cultivates reverence, reduces anxiety about material forces, and strengthens bhakti through remembrance that the Lord is the inner controller of all arrangements.