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  "name":"SB 3.6.23",
  "h1":"SB 3.6.23",
  "label":"Text 23",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.6.23",
  "description":"When the intelligence of the gigantic form separately became manifest, Brahmā, the lord of the Vedas, entered into it with the partial power of understanding, and thus an object of understanding is experienced by the living entities."

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SB 3.6.23

बुद्धिं चास्य विनिर्भिन्नां वागीशो धिष्ण्यमाविशत् ।
बोधेनांशेन बोद्धव्यम्प्रतिपत्तिर्यतो भवेत् ॥२३॥

Text

buddhiṁ cāsya vinirbhinnāṁ
vāg-īśo dhiṣṇyam āviśat
bodhenāṁśena boddhavyam
pratipattir yato bhavet

Synonyms

buddhim—intelligence; ca—also; asya—of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnām—being separately manifested; vāk-īśaḥ—Brahmā, lord of the Vedas; dhiṣṇyam—the controlling power; āviśat—entered in; bodhena aṁśena—with his part of intelligence; boddhavyam—the matter of understanding; pratipattiḥ—understood; yataḥ—by which; bhavet—so becomes.

Translation

When the intelligence of the gigantic form separately became manifest, Brahmā, the lord of the Vedas, entered into it with the partial power of understanding, and thus an object of understanding is experienced by the living entities.