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Garbhodaksayi Vishnu expands into every molecule
of His exhalation which is an entire material universe.
There are infinite material universes emanating from
Maha Vishnu. As Garbhodaksayi Vishnu enters each
one He expands an ocean that fills half the universe
and He reclines on Anantya Sesa. From His navel grows
the stem of a lotus flower and on top is a beautiful
lotus. Lord Brahma appears as the first created being
in the material world. He sits on the whorl of the
lotus and meditates until He understands his role
as the secondary creator of the material universe
that manifests in the stem of the lotus. As Brahma,
the first progeniteur of living entities in the universe
expands the material creation, Garbhudaysayi
Visnhu expands Himself and manifests Ksirodakasayi
Vishnu who resides within the stem of the lotus in
the material world.

There are seven major oceans in space. This is
explained in the Siddhantasiromani, an astrological
text. They are: the ocean of salt water, milk, yogurt,
clarified butter, sugarcane juice, liquor, sweet water.
On the southern side of the ocean of salt water is the
ocean of milk, where Ksirodakasayi Vishnu resides.
He is worshipped there by demigods like Brahma. He

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