Shloka 17
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
प्रसादात् प्रादुरभवत् पद्म पद्मनिभेक्षण । ततो ब्रह्मा समभवत् स तस्यैव प्रसादज:
prasādāt prādurabhavat padma padmanibhekṣaṇa | tato brahmā samabhavat sa tasyaiva prasādajaḥ ||
হে পদ্মনয়ন! তাঁর প্রসাদে এক পদ্ম প্রকাশ পেল। তারপর সেই পদ্ম থেকেই ব্রহ্মা আবির্ভূত হলেন; সেই ব্রহ্মা সেই প্রভুরই প্রসাদজাত।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is presented as dependent on divine grace: even Brahmā’s emergence is traced to the Lord’s prasāda, emphasizing devotion and the primacy of the supreme source over secondary creators.
Arjuna describes a cosmogonic sequence: by the Lord’s favor a lotus manifests, and from that lotus Brahmā arises—explicitly stated to be born from that same divine grace.