# Bs. 5.11 > सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुषः सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । > सहस्रबाहुर्विश्वात्मा सहस्रांशः सहस्रसूः ॥ ११ ॥ ## Text > sahasra-śīrṣā *puruṣa*ḥ > sahasrākṣaḥ sahasra-pāt > sahasra-bāhur viśvātmā > sahasrāṁśaḥ sahasra-sūḥ ## Synonyms *sahasra-śīrṣā*—possessing thousands of heads; *puruṣaḥ*—Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu, the first *puruṣa-avatāra*; *sahasra-akṣaḥ*—possessing thousands of eyes; *sahasra-pāt*—possessing thousands of legs; *sahasra-bāhuḥ*—possessing thousands of arms; *viśva-ātmā*—the Supersoul of the universe; *sahasra-aṁśaḥ*—the source of thousands of *avatāras*; *sahasra-sūḥ*—the creator of thousands of individual souls. ## Translation **The Lord of the mundane world, Mahā-Viṣṇu, possesses thousands of thousands of heads, eyes, hands. He is the source of thousands of thousands of *avatāras* in His thousands of thousands of subjective portions. He is the creator of thousands of thousands of individual souls.** ## Purport Mahā-Viṣṇu, the object of worship of the hymns of all the *Vedas,* is possessed of an infinity of senses and potencies, and He is the prime *avatāra-puruṣa,* the source of all the *avatāras.* --- *Translation and purport by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura*