Shloka 22
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Nārāyaṇa and the Lord’s Empowering Instructions for Creation
सोऽयं समस्तजगतां सुहृदेक आत्मा सत्त्वेन यन्मृडयते भगवान् भगेन । तेनैव मे दृशमनुस्पृशताद्यथाहं स्रक्ष्यामि पूर्ववदिदं प्रणतप्रियोऽसौ ॥ २२ ॥
so ’yaṁ samasta-jagatāṁ suhṛd eka ātmā sattvena yan mṛḍayate bhagavān bhagena tenaiva me dṛśam anuspṛśatād yathāhaṁ srakṣyāmi pūrvavad idaṁ praṇata-priyo ’sau
সেই ভগবানই সমগ্র জগতের একমাত্র সুহৃদ ও আত্মা; তিনি তাঁর দিব্য ঐশ্বর্য দ্বারা সকলের পরম মঙ্গল সাধন করেন। তিনি যেন আজ আমার দৃষ্টিকে স্পর্শ করেন, যাতে পূর্বের ন্যায় সৃষ্টিকার্যে অন্তর্দৃষ্টি লাভ করি; কারণ তিনি শরণাগতদের প্রিয়, আর আমিও শরণাগত।
The Supreme Lord, Puruṣottama, or Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the maintainer of all, in both the transcendental and material worlds. He is the life and friend of all because there is eternally natural affection and love between the living entities and the Lord. He is the one friend and well-wisher for all, and He is one without a second. The Lord maintains all the living entities everywhere by His six transcendental opulences, for which He is known as bhagavān, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Brahmā prayed for His mercy so that he might be able to create the universal affairs as he did before; only by the Lord’s causeless mercy could he create both material and spiritual personalities like Marīci and Nārada respectively. Brahmā prayed to the Lord because He is very much dear to the surrendered soul. The surrendered soul knows nothing but the Lord, and therefore the Lord is very affectionate towards him.
FAQs
It declares Bhagavān as the one Self and sole friend of all worlds, whose pure goodness and opulence naturally express as mercy for all beings.
Because Brahmā’s ability to create is not independent; he seeks the Lord’s grace to illumine his intelligence so creation can proceed “as before,” in harmony with divine will.
By consciously offering humility—through prayer, gratitude, and aligning actions with dharma—trusting that divine guidance clarifies one’s understanding and strengthens one’s service.