But in this section of Bhagavatam it becomes more clear the beauty of it all in Krishna consciousness. First of all Maha Vishnu is lying in the Causal Ocean. This is not imaginary. He is actually lying there. And then He expands as Garbhodakasayi Vishnu (Hiranyagarbha) to enter each of the universes that are emanating from the pores of His Maha Vishnu body. This where the meditation on the Universal Form of the Lord takes place. It is a way to perceive the all-pervading presence of the Lord Garbhodakasayi Vishnu within the universe.
"The Lord [ Maha-Vishnu], although lying in the Causal Ocean, came out
of it, and dividing Himself as Hiranyagarbha, He entered into each
universe and assumed the virata rupa, with thousands of legs, arms,
mouths, and heads, etc." SB 2.5.35
"Great philosophers imagine that the complete planetary systems in the universe are displays of the different limbs of the universal body of the Lord, downwards and upwards." SB 2.5.36
These two verses describe how the Universal Form is understood and who benefits from the meditation. In later verses there is a detailed description of the correlations between what we see and experience in the material world and the parts of the body of the Universal Form.
In the purport Srila Prabhupada gives one of the purposes and its essence of the meditation. By seeing like this it can be understood that "no one is without a relationship with the Lord."
There are fourteen spheres of planetary systems within this universe.
"The lower systems are called the Bhurloka, the middle systems are called Bhuvarloka, and the higher planetary systems, up to Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system of the universe, are called the Svarloka. And all of them are situated on the body of the Lord. In other words, no one within this universe is without a relationship with the Lord." SB 2.5.38
And a second purpose and its essence that the Supreme Lord is the Supreme controller:
"the Supreme Lord is conscious of every part of His body, nowhere in the creation is there anything beyond His control." SB 2.5.38 purport
"Great philosophers imagine that the complete planetary systems in the universe are displays of the different limbs of the universal body of the Lord, downwards and upwards." SB 2.5.36
These two verses describe how the Universal Form is understood and who benefits from the meditation. In later verses there is a detailed description of the correlations between what we see and experience in the material world and the parts of the body of the Universal Form.
In the purport Srila Prabhupada gives one of the purposes and its essence of the meditation. By seeing like this it can be understood that "no one is without a relationship with the Lord."
There are fourteen spheres of planetary systems within this universe.
"The lower systems are called the Bhurloka, the middle systems are called Bhuvarloka, and the higher planetary systems, up to Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system of the universe, are called the Svarloka. And all of them are situated on the body of the Lord. In other words, no one within this universe is without a relationship with the Lord." SB 2.5.38
And a second purpose and its essence that the Supreme Lord is the Supreme controller:
"the Supreme Lord is conscious of every part of His body, nowhere in the creation is there anything beyond His control." SB 2.5.38 purport
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