Shloka 44
Soma Pacifies the Pracetās; Dakṣa’s Haṁsa-guhya Prayers; Hari Grants Creative Power
प्रीतोऽहं ते प्रजानाथ यत्तेऽस्योद्बृंहणं तप: । ममैष कामो भूतानां यद्भूयासुर्विभूतय: ॥ ४४ ॥
prīto ’haṁ te prajā-nātha yat te ’syodbṛṁhaṇaṁ tapaḥ mamaiṣa kāmo bhūtānāṁ yad bhūyāsur vibhūtayaḥ
يا براجابتي دكشا، لقد أديتَ تقشّفًا شديدًا لخير العالم ونمائه، ولذلك أنا مسرور بك غاية السرور. إن رغبتي أيضًا أن يكون جميع الكائنات في هذا العالم سعداء؛ لذا فأنا راضٍ عنك لأنك تجتهد في تحقيق مرادي لرفاه الكون كله.
After every dissolution of the material cosmos, all the living entities take shelter in the body of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and when creation takes place again, they come forth from His body in their various species to resume their activities. Why does the creation take place in such a way that the living entities are put into conditioned life to suffer the threefold miseries imposed upon them by the material nature? Here the Lord says to Dakṣa, “You desire to benefit all living entities, and that is also My desire.” The living entities who come in contact with the material world are meant to be corrected. All the living entities within this material world have revolted against the service of the Lord, and therefore they remain within this material world as ever conditioned, nitya-baddha, taking birth again and again. There is a chance, of course, of their being liberated, but nevertheless the conditioned souls, not taking advantage of this opportunity, continue in a life of sense enjoyment, and thus they are punished by birth and death again and again. This is the law of nature. As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) :
FAQs
This verse states that sincere austerity strengthens creation itself, and that Brahmā desires the vibhūtis—prosperity and capacities—of living beings to expand through such tapasya.
Dakṣa performed powerful austerities to generate progeny and support universal creation; Brahmā, pleased, blessed him by affirming that such tapasya increases the growth and opulence of living beings.
Practice disciplined self-control (tapasya)—such as regulated habits, truthfulness, and steady spiritual practice—so that your abilities and constructive influence grow, benefiting both yourself and others.