Shloka 33
Prahlāda’s Prayers Pacify Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva
Prahlāda-stuti and the Lord’s Benediction Offer
तस्यैव ते वपुरिदं निजकालशक्त्या सञ्चोदितप्रकृतिधर्मण आत्मगूढम् । अम्भस्यनन्तशयनाद्विरमत्समाधे- र्नाभेरभूत् स्वकणिकावटवन्महाब्जम् ॥ ३३ ॥
tasyaiva te vapur idaṁ nija-kāla-śaktyā sañcodita-prakṛti-dharmaṇa ātma-gūḍham ambhasy ananta-śayanād viramat-samādher nābher abhūt sva-kaṇikā-vaṭavan-mahābjam
এই সমগ্ৰ জগত, এই ভৌতিক প্ৰকাশ, আপোনাৰেই দেহ। আপোনাৰ কাল-শক্তিৰ প্ৰেৰণাে প্ৰকৃতি-ধৰ্মৰ দ্বাৰা ত্ৰিগুণ প্ৰকাশ পায়। অনন্ত শেষৰ শয্যাত জাগি উঠিলে আপোনাৰ নাভিৰ পৰা এক সূক্ষ্ম দিৱ্য বীজ জন্মে, আৰু সেই বীজৰ পৰাই বৃহৎ ব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড-কমল প্ৰকাশিত হয়—যেনেকৈ সৰু বীজৰ পৰা বটগছ।
The three different forms of Mahā-Viṣṇu — namely Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who are the origin of creation and maintenance — are gradually being described. From Mahā-Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is generated, and from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu gradually expands. Thus Mahā-Viṣṇu is the original cause of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, and from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu comes the lotus flower from which Lord Brahmā is manifested. Thus the original cause of everything is Viṣṇu, and consequently the cosmic manifestation is not different from Viṣṇu. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (10.8) , wherein Kṛṣṇa says, ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate: “I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me.” Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is an expansion of Kāraṇodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is an expansion of Saṅkarṣaṇa. In this way, Kṛṣṇa is ultimately the cause of all causes ( sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam ). The conclusion is that both the material world and spiritual world are considered to be the body of the Supreme Lord. We can understand that the material body is caused by the spiritual body and is therefore an expansion of the spiritual body. Thus when one takes up spiritual activities, one’s entire material body is spiritualized. Similarly, in this material world, when the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement expands, the entire material world becomes spiritualized. As long as we do not realize this, we live in the material world, but when we are fully Kṛṣṇa conscious we live not in the material world but in the spiritual world.
FAQs
This verse states that while the Lord lay on Ananta in the causal waters, the great lotus arose from His navel—indicating that cosmic creation proceeds from Him, even while He remains transcendently hidden.
Prahlāda glorifies Nṛsiṁhadeva as the same Supreme Lord who is the source of cosmic creation—showing that the terrifying protector before him is also the original Viṣṇu who manifests the universe.
It reminds a devotee that time and nature move under the Lord’s control, encouraging humility, detachment from temporary changes, and steadiness in bhakti amid life’s transformations.