Adhyaya 6

Verse 1

ब्रह्मोवाच वाचां वह्नेर्मुखं क्षेत्रं छन्दसां सप्त धातव: । हव्यकव्यामृतान्नानां जिह्वा सर्वरसस्य च ॥ १ ॥

Lord Brahmā said: The mouth of the virāṭ-puruṣa [the universal form of the Lord] is the generating center of the voice, and the controlling deity is Fire. His skin and six other layers are the generating centers of the Vedic hymns, and His tongue is the productive center of different foodstuffs and delicacies for offering to the demigods, the forefathers and the general mass of people.

Verse 2

सर्वासूनां च वायोश्च तन्नासे परमायणे । अश्विनोरोषधीनां च घ्राणो मोदप्रमोदयो: ॥ २ ॥

His two nostrils are the generating centers of our breathing and of all other airs, His smelling powers generate the Aśvinī-kumāra demigods and all kinds of medicinal herbs, and His breathing energies produce different kinds of fragrance.

Verse 3

रूपाणां तेजसां चक्षुर्दिव: सूर्यस्य चाक्षिणी । कर्णौ दिशां च तीर्थानां श्रोत्रमाकाशशब्दयो: ॥ ३ ॥

His eyes are the generating centers of all kinds of forms, and they glitter and illuminate. His eyeballs are like the sun and the heavenly planets. His ears hear from all sides and are receptacles for all the Vedas, and His sense of hearing is the generating center of the sky and of all kinds of sound.

Verse 4

तद्गात्रं वस्तुसाराणां सौभगस्य च भाजनम् । त्वगस्य स्पर्शवायोश्च सर्वमेधस्य चैव हि ॥ ४ ॥

His bodily surface is the breeding ground for the active principles of everything and for all kinds of auspicious opportunities. His skin, like the moving air, is the generating center for all kinds of sense of touch and is the place for performing all kinds of sacrifice.

Verse 5

रोमाण्युद्भिज्जजातीनां यैर्वा यज्ञस्तु सम्भृत: । केशश्मश्रुनखान्यस्य शिलालोहाभ्रविद्युताम् ॥ ५ ॥

The hairs on His body are the cause of all vegetation, particularly of those trees which are required as ingredients for sacrifice. The hairs on His head and face are reservoirs for the clouds, and His nails are the breeding ground of electricity, stones and iron ores.

Verse 6

बाहवो लोकपालानां प्रायश: क्षेमकर्मणाम् ॥ ६ ॥

The Lord’s arms are the productive fields for the great demigods and other leaders of the living entities who protect the general mass.

Verse 7

विक्रमो भूर्भुव: स्वश्च क्षेमस्य शरणस्य च । सर्वकामवरस्यापि हरेश्चरण आस्पदम् ॥ ७ ॥

Thus the forward steps of the Lord are the shelter for the upper, lower and heavenly planets, as well as for all that we need. His lotus feet serve as protection from all kinds of fear.

Verse 8

अपां वीर्यस्य सर्गस्य पर्जन्यस्य प्रजापते: । पुंस: शिश्न उपस्थस्तु प्रजात्यानन्दनिर्वृते: ॥ ८ ॥

From the Lord’s genitals originate water, semen, generatives, rains and the procreators. His genitals are the cause of a pleasure that counteracts the distress of begetting.

Verse 9

पायुर्यमस्य मित्रस्य परिमोक्षस्य नारद । हिंसाया निऋर्तेर्मृत्योर्निरयस्य गुदं स्मृत: ॥ ९ ॥

O Nārada, the evacuating outlet of the universal form of the Lord is the abode of the controlling deity of death, Mitra, and the evacuating hole and the rectum of the Lord is the place of envy, misfortune, death, hell, etc.

Verse 10

पराभूतेरधर्मस्य तमसश्चापि पश्‍चिम: । नाड्यो नदनदीनां च गोत्राणामस्थिसंहति: ॥ १० ॥

The back of the Lord is the place for all kinds of frustration and ignorance, as well as for immorality. From His veins flow the great rivers and rivulets, and on His bones are stacked the great mountains.

Verse 11

अव्यक्तरससिन्धूनां भूतानां निधनस्य च । उदरं विदितं पुंसो हृदयं मनस: पदम् ॥ ११ ॥

The impersonal feature of the Lord is the abode of great oceans, and His belly is the resting place for the materially annihilated living entities. His heart is the abode of the subtle material bodies of living beings. Thus it is known by the intelligent class of men.

Verse 12

धर्मस्य मम तुभ्यं च कुमाराणां भवस्य च । विज्ञानस्य च सत्त्वस्य परस्यात्मा परायणम् ॥ १२ ॥

Also, the consciousness of that great personality is the abode of religious principles — mine, yours, and those of the four bachelors Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanat-kumāra and Sanandana. That consciousness is also the abode of truth and transcendental knowledge.

Verse 13

अहं भवान् भवश्चैव त इमे मुनयोऽग्रजा: । सुरासुरनरा नागा: खगा मृगसरीसृपा: ॥ १३ ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा रक्षोभूतगणोरगा: । पशव: पितर: सिद्धा विद्याध्राश्चारणा द्रुमा: ॥ १४ ॥ अन्ये च विविधा जीवा जलस्थलनभौकस: । ग्रहर्क्षकेतवस्तारास्तडित: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ १५ ॥ सर्वं पुरुष एवेदं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च यत् । तेनेदमावृतं विश्वं वितस्तिमधितिष्ठति ॥ १६ ॥

Beginning from me [Brahmā] down to you and Bhava [Śiva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nāgas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsarās, Yakṣas, Rakṣas, Bhūtagaṇas, Uragas, Paśus, Pitās, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.

Verse 14

अहं भवान् भवश्चैव त इमे मुनयोऽग्रजा: । सुरासुरनरा नागा: खगा मृगसरीसृपा: ॥ १३ ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा रक्षोभूतगणोरगा: । पशव: पितर: सिद्धा विद्याध्राश्चारणा द्रुमा: ॥ १४ ॥ अन्ये च विविधा जीवा जलस्थलनभौकस: । ग्रहर्क्षकेतवस्तारास्तडित: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ १५ ॥ सर्वं पुरुष एवेदं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च यत् । तेनेदमावृतं विश्वं वितस्तिमधितिष्ठति ॥ १६ ॥

Beginning from me [Brahmā] down to you and Bhava [Śiva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nāgas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsarās, Yakṣas, Rakṣas, Bhūtagaṇas, Uragas, Paśus, Pitās, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.

Verse 15

अहं भवान् भवश्चैव त इमे मुनयोऽग्रजा: । सुरासुरनरा नागा: खगा मृगसरीसृपा: ॥ १३ ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा रक्षोभूतगणोरगा: । पशव: पितर: सिद्धा विद्याध्राश्चारणा द्रुमा: ॥ १४ ॥ अन्ये च विविधा जीवा जलस्थलनभौकस: । ग्रहर्क्षकेतवस्तारास्तडित: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ १५ ॥ सर्वं पुरुष एवेदं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च यत् । तेनेदमावृतं विश्वं वितस्तिमधितिष्ठति ॥ १६ ॥

Beginning from me [Brahmā] down to you and Bhava [Śiva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nāgas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsarās, Yakṣas, Rakṣas, Bhūtagaṇas, Uragas, Paśus, Pitās, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.

Verse 16

अहं भवान् भवश्चैव त इमे मुनयोऽग्रजा: । सुरासुरनरा नागा: खगा मृगसरीसृपा: ॥ १३ ॥ गन्धर्वाप्सरसो यक्षा रक्षोभूतगणोरगा: । पशव: पितर: सिद्धा विद्याध्राश्चारणा द्रुमा: ॥ १४ ॥ अन्ये च विविधा जीवा जलस्थलनभौकस: । ग्रहर्क्षकेतवस्तारास्तडित: स्तनयित्नव: ॥ १५ ॥ सर्वं पुरुष एवेदं भूतं भव्यं भवच्च यत् । तेनेदमावृतं विश्वं वितस्तिमधितिष्ठति ॥ १६ ॥

Beginning from me [Brahmā] down to you and Bhava [Śiva], all the great sages who were born before you, the demigods, the demons, the Nāgas, the human beings, the birds, the beasts, as well as the reptiles, etc., and all phenomenal manifestations of the universes, namely the planets, stars, asteroids, luminaries, lightning, thunder, and the inhabitants of the different planetary systems, namely the Gandharvas, Apsarās, Yakṣas, Rakṣas, Bhūtagaṇas, Uragas, Paśus, Pitās, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Cāraṇas, and all other different varieties of living entities, including the birds, beasts, trees and everything that be, are all covered by the universal form of the Lord at all times, namely past, present and future, although He is transcendental to all of them, eternally existing in a form not exceeding nine inches.

Verse 17

स्वधिष्ण्यं प्रतपन् प्राणो बहिश्च प्रतपत्यसौ । एवं विराजं प्रतपंस्तपत्यन्तर्बहि: पुमान् ॥ १७ ॥

The sun illuminates both internally and externally by expanding its radiation; similarly, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His universal form, maintains everything in the creation both internally and externally.

Verse 18

सोऽमृतस्याभयस्येशो मर्त्यमन्नं यदत्यगात् । महिमैष ततो ब्रह्मन् पुरुषस्य दुरत्यय: ॥ १८ ॥

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the controller of immortality and fearlessness, and He is transcendental to death and the fruitive actions of the material world. O Nārada, O brāhmaṇa, it is therefore difficult to measure the glories of the Supreme Person.

Verse 19

पादेषु सर्वभूतानि पुंस: स्थितिपदो विदु: । अमृतं क्षेममभयं त्रिमूर्ध्नोऽधायि मूर्धसु ॥ १९ ॥

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is to be known as the supreme reservoir of all material opulences by the one fourth of His energy in which all the living entities exist. Deathlessness, fearlessness and freedom from the anxieties of old age and disease exist in the kingdom of God, which is beyond the three higher planetary systems and beyond the material coverings.

Verse 20

पादास्त्रयो बहिश्चासन्नप्रजानां य आश्रमा: । अन्तस्त्रिलोक्यास्त्वपरो गृहमेधोऽबृहद्‍व्रत: ॥ २० ॥

The spiritual world, which consists of three fourths of the Lord’s energy, is situated beyond this material world, and it is especially meant for those who will never be reborn. Others, who are attached to family life and who do not strictly follow celibacy vows, must live within the three material worlds.

Verse 21

सृती विचक्रमे विश्वङ्‍साशनानशने उभे । यदविद्या च विद्या च पुरुषस्तूभयाश्रय: ॥ २१ ॥

By His energies, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead is thus comprehensively the master in the activities of controlling and in devotional service. He is the ultimate master of both nescience and factual knowledge of all situations.

Verse 22

यस्मादण्डं विराड् जज्ञे भूतेन्द्रियगुणात्मक: । तद् द्रव्यमत्यगाद् विश्वं गोभि: सूर्य इवातपन् ॥ २२ ॥

From that Personality of Godhead, all the universal globes and the universal form with all material elements, qualities and senses are generated. Yet He is aloof from such material manifestations, like the sun, which is separate from its rays and heat.

Verse 23

यदास्य नाभ्यान्नलिनादहमासं महात्मन: । नाविदं यज्ञसम्भारान् पुरुषावयवानृते ॥ २३ ॥

When I was born from the abdominal lotus flower of the Lord [Mahā-Viṣṇu], the great person, I had no ingredients for sacrificial performances except the bodily limbs of the great Personality of Godhead.

Verse 24

तेषु यज्ञस्य पशव: सवनस्पतय: कुशा: । इदं च देवयजनं कालश्चोरुगुणान्वित: ॥ २४ ॥

For performing sacrificial ceremonies, one requires sacrificial ingredients, such as flowers, leaves and straw, along with the sacrificial altar and a suitable time [spring].

Verse 25

वस्तून्योषधय: स्‍नेहा रसलोहमृदो जलम् । ऋचो यजूंषि सामानि चातुर्होत्रं च सत्तम ॥ २५ ॥

Other requirements are utensils, grains, clarified butter, honey, gold, earth, water, the Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sāma Veda and four priests to perform the sacrifice.

Verse 26

नामधेयानि मन्त्राश्च दक्षिणाश्च व्रतानि च । देवतानुक्रम: कल्प: सङ्कल्पस्तन्त्रमेव च ॥ २६ ॥

Other necessities include invoking the different names of the demigods by specific hymns and vows of recompense, in accordance with the particular scripture, for specific purposes and by specific processes.

Verse 27

गतयो मतयश्चैव प्रायश्चित्तं समर्पणम् । पुरुषावयवैरेते सम्भारा: सम्भृता मया ॥ २७ ॥

Thus I had to arrange all these necessary ingredients and paraphernalia of sacrifice from the personal bodily parts of the Personality of Godhead. By invocation of the demigods’ names, the ultimate goal, Viṣṇu, was gradually attained, and thus compensation and ultimate offering were complete.

Verse 28

इति सम्भृतसम्भार: पुरुषावयवैरहम् । तमेव पुरुषं यज्ञं तेनैवायजमीश्वरम् ॥ २८ ॥

Thus I created the ingredients and paraphernalia for offering sacrifice out of the parts of the body of the Supreme Lord, the enjoyer of the sacrifice, and I performed the sacrifice to satisfy the Lord.

Verse 29

ततस्ते भ्रातर इमे प्रजानां पतयो नव । अयजन् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं पुरुषं सुसमाहिता: ॥ २९ ॥

My dear son, thereafter your nine brothers, who are the masters of living creatures, performed the sacrifice with proper rituals to satisfy both the manifested and nonmanifested personalities.

Verse 30

ततश्च मनव: काले ईजिरे ऋषयोऽपरे । पितरो विबुधा दैत्या मनुष्या: क्रतुभिर्विभुम् ॥ ३० ॥

Thereafter, the Manus, the fathers of mankind, the great sages, the forefathers, the learned scholars, the Daityas and mankind performed sacrifices meant to please the Supreme Lord.

Verse 31

नारायणे भगवति तदिदं विश्वमाहितम् । गृहीतमायोरुगुण: सर्गादावगुण: स्वत: ॥ ३१ ॥

All the material manifestations of the universes are therefore situated in His powerful material energies, which He accepts self-sufficiently, although He is eternally without affinity for the material modes.

Verse 32

सृजामि तन्नियुक्तोऽहं हरो हरति तद्वश: । विश्वं पुरुषरूपेण परिपाति त्रिशक्तिधृक् ॥ ३२ ॥

By His will, I create, Lord Śiva destroys, and He Himself, in His eternal form as the Personality of Godhead, maintains everything. He is the powerful controller of these three energies.

Verse 33

इति तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि । नान्यद्भगवत: किंचिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ ३३ ॥

My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Verse 34

न भारती मेऽङ्ग मृषोपलक्ष्यते न वै क्‍वचिन्मे मनसो मृषा गति: । न मे हृषीकाणि पतन्त्यसत्पथे यन्मे हृदौत्कण्ठ्यवता धृतो हरि: ॥ ३४ ॥

O Nārada, because I have caught hold of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, with great zeal, whatever I say has never proved to have been false. Nor is the progress of my mind ever deterred. Nor are my senses ever degraded by temporary attachment to matter.

Verse 35

सोऽहं समाम्नायमयस्तपोमय: प्रजापतीनामभिवन्दित: पति: । आस्थाय योगं निपुणं समाहित- स्तं नाध्यगच्छं यत आत्मसम्भव: ॥ ३५ ॥

Although I am known as the great Brahmā, perfect in the disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom, and although I have undergone all austerities and am an expert in mystic powers and self-realization, and although I am recognized as such by the great forefathers of the living entities, who offer me respectful obeisances, still I cannot understand Him, the Lord, the very source of my birth.

Verse 36

नतोऽस्म्यहं तच्चरणं समीयुषां भवच्छिदं स्वस्त्ययनं सुमङ्गलम् । यो ह्यात्ममायाविभवं स्म पर्यगाद् यथा नभ: स्वान्तमथापरे कुत: ॥ ३६ ॥

Therefore it is best for me to surrender unto His feet, which alone can deliver one from the miseries of repeated birth and death. Such surrender is all-auspicious and allows one to perceive all happiness. Even the sky cannot estimate the limits of its own expansion. So what can others do when the Lord Himself is unable to estimate His own limits?

Verse 37

नाहं न यूयं यद‍ृतां गतिं विदु- र्न वामदेव: किमुतापरे सुरा: । तन्मायया मोहितबुद्धयस्त्विदं विनिर्मितं चात्मसमं विचक्ष्महे ॥ ३७ ॥

Since neither Lord Śiva nor you nor I could ascertain the limits of spiritual happiness, how can other demigods know it? And because all of us are bewildered by the illusory, external energy of the Supreme Lord, we can see only this manifested cosmos according to our individual ability.

Verse 38

यस्यावतारकर्माणि गायन्ति ह्यस्मदादय: । न यं विदन्ति तत्त्वेन तस्मै भगवते नम: ॥ ३८ ॥

Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose incarnations and activities are chanted by us for glorification, though He can hardly be fully known as He is.

Verse 39

स एष आद्य: पुरुष: कल्पे कल्पे सृजत्यज: । आत्मात्मन्यात्मनात्मानं स संयच्छति पाति च ॥ ३९ ॥

That supreme original Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, expanding His plenary portion as Mahā-Viṣṇu, the first incarnation, creates this manifested cosmos, but He is unborn. The creation, however, takes place in Him, and the material substance and manifestations are all Himself. He maintains them for some time and absorbs them into Himself again.

Verse 40

विशुद्धं केवलं ज्ञानं प्रत्यक् सम्यगवस्थितम् । सत्यं पूर्णमनाद्यन्तं निर्गुणं नित्यमद्वयम् ॥ ४० ॥ ऋषे विदन्ति मुनय: प्रशान्तात्मेन्द्रियाशया: । यदा तदेवासत्तर्कैस्तिरोधीयेत विप्लुतम् ॥ ४१ ॥

The Personality of Godhead is pure, being free from all contaminations of material tinges. He is the Absolute Truth and the embodiment of full and perfect knowledge. He is all-pervading, without beginning or end, and without rival. O Nārada, O great sage, the great thinkers can know Him when completely freed from all material hankerings and when sheltered under undisturbed conditions of the senses. Otherwise, by untenable arguments, all is distorted, and the Lord disappears from our sight.

Verse 41

विशुद्धं केवलं ज्ञानं प्रत्यक् सम्यगवस्थितम् । सत्यं पूर्णमनाद्यन्तं निर्गुणं नित्यमद्वयम् ॥ ४० ॥ ऋषे विदन्ति मुनय: प्रशान्तात्मेन्द्रियाशया: । यदा तदेवासत्तर्कैस्तिरोधीयेत विप्लुतम् ॥ ४१ ॥

The Personality of Godhead is pure, being free from all contaminations of material tinges. He is the Absolute Truth and the embodiment of full and perfect knowledge. He is all-pervading, without beginning or end, and without rival. O Nārada, O great sage, the great thinkers can know Him when completely freed from all material hankerings and when sheltered under undisturbed conditions of the senses. Otherwise, by untenable arguments, all is distorted, and the Lord disappears from our sight.

Verse 42

आद्योऽवतार: पुरुष: परस्य काल: स्वभाव: सदसन्मनश्च । द्रव्यं विकारो गुण इन्द्रियाणि विराट् स्वराट् स्थास्‍नु चरिष्णु भूम्न: ॥ ४२ ॥

Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu is the first incarnation of the Supreme Lord, and He is the master of eternal time, space, cause and effects, mind, the elements, the material ego, the modes of nature, the senses, the universal form of the Lord, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and the sum total of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.

Verse 43

अहं भवो यज्ञ इमे प्रजेशा दक्षादयो ये भवदादयश्च । स्वर्लोकपाला: खगलोकपाला नृलोकपालास्तललोकपाला: ॥ ४३ ॥ गन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणेशा ये यक्षरक्षोरगनागनाथा: । ये वा ऋषीणामृषभा: पितृणां दैत्येन्द्रसिद्धेश्वरदानवेन्द्रा: । अन्ये च ये प्रेतपिशाचभूत- कूष्माण्डयादोमृगपक्ष्यधीशा: ॥ ४४ ॥ यत्किंच लोके भगवन्महस्व- दोज:सहस्वद् बलवत् क्षमावत् । श्रीह्रीविभूत्यात्मवदद्भुतार्णं तत्त्वं परं रूपवदस्वरूपम् ॥ ४५ ॥

I myself [Brahmā], Lord Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, great generators of living beings like Dakṣa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyādhara planets, the leaders of the Cāraṇaloka planets, the leaders of the Yakṣas, Rakṣas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kūṣmāṇḍas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc. — in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless — may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord.

Verse 44

अहं भवो यज्ञ इमे प्रजेशा दक्षादयो ये भवदादयश्च । स्वर्लोकपाला: खगलोकपाला नृलोकपालास्तललोकपाला: ॥ ४३ ॥ गन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणेशा ये यक्षरक्षोरगनागनाथा: । ये वा ऋषीणामृषभा: पितृणां दैत्येन्द्रसिद्धेश्वरदानवेन्द्रा: । अन्ये च ये प्रेतपिशाचभूत- कूष्माण्डयादोमृगपक्ष्यधीशा: ॥ ४४ ॥ यत्किंच लोके भगवन्महस्व- दोज:सहस्वद् बलवत् क्षमावत् । श्रीह्रीविभूत्यात्मवदद्भुतार्णं तत्त्वं परं रूपवदस्वरूपम् ॥ ४५ ॥

I myself [Brahmā], Lord Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, great generators of living beings like Dakṣa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyādhara planets, the leaders of the Cāraṇaloka planets, the leaders of the Yakṣas, Rakṣas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kūṣmāṇḍas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc. — in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless — may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord.

Verse 45

अहं भवो यज्ञ इमे प्रजेशा दक्षादयो ये भवदादयश्च । स्वर्लोकपाला: खगलोकपाला नृलोकपालास्तललोकपाला: ॥ ४३ ॥ गन्धर्वविद्याधरचारणेशा ये यक्षरक्षोरगनागनाथा: । ये वा ऋषीणामृषभा: पितृणां दैत्येन्द्रसिद्धेश्वरदानवेन्द्रा: । अन्ये च ये प्रेतपिशाचभूत- कूष्माण्डयादोमृगपक्ष्यधीशा: ॥ ४४ ॥ यत्किंच लोके भगवन्महस्व- दोज:सहस्वद् बलवत् क्षमावत् । श्रीह्रीविभूत्यात्मवदद्भुतार्णं तत्त्वं परं रूपवदस्वरूपम् ॥ ४५ ॥

I myself [Brahmā], Lord Śiva, Lord Viṣṇu, great generators of living beings like Dakṣa and Prajāpati, yourselves [Nārada and the Kumāras], heavenly demigods like Indra and Candra, the leaders of the Bhūrloka planets, the leaders of the earthly planets, the leaders of the lower planets, the leaders of the Gandharva planets, the leaders of the Vidyādhara planets, the leaders of the Cāraṇaloka planets, the leaders of the Yakṣas, Rakṣas and Uragas, the great sages, the great demons, the great atheists and the great spacemen, as well as the dead bodies, evil spirits, satans, jinn, kūṣmāṇḍas, great aquatics, great beasts and great birds, etc. — in other words, anything and everything which is exceptionally possessed of power, opulence, mental and perceptual dexterity, strength, forgiveness, beauty, modesty, opulence, and breeding, whether in form or formless — may appear to be the specific truth and the form of the Lord, but actually they are not so. They are only a fragment of the transcendental potency of the Lord.

Verse 46

प्राधान्यतो यानृष आमनन्ति लीलावतारान् पुरुषस्य भूम्न: । आपीयतां कर्णकषायशोषा- ननुक्रमिष्ये त इमान् सुपेशान् ॥ ४६ ॥

O Nārada, now I shall state, one after another, the transcendental incarnations of the Lord known as līlā-avatāras. Hearing of their activities counteracts all foul matters accumulated in the ear. These pastimes are pleasing to hear and are to be relished. Therefore they are in my heart.