Shloka 30

Prahlāda’s Prayers Pacify Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva

Prahlāda-stuti and the Lord’s Benediction Offer

Devanagari script

एकस्त्वमेव जगदेतममुष्य यत्त्व- माद्यन्तयो: पृथगवस्यसि मध्यतश्च । सृष्ट्वा गुणव्यतिकरं निजमाययेदं नानेव तैरवसितस्तदनुप्रविष्ट: ॥ ३० ॥

Transliteration

ekas tvam eva jagad etam amuṣya yat tvam ādy-antayoḥ pṛthag avasyasi madhyataś ca sṛṣṭvā guṇa-vyatikaraṁ nija-māyayedaṁ nāneva tair avasitas tad anupraviṣṭaḥ

Translation

ಓ ಪ್ರಭು! ನೀವೇ ಈ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಆದಿ, ಮಧ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತ್ಯ. ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಾಯೆಯಿಂದ ಈ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿ, ನೀವೇ ಅದರೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ ಅನೇಕ ರೂಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೀರಿ.

Synonyms

• ekaḥ: one (alone)
• ekaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tvam)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic)

• jagat: the universe
• jagat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• etam: this
• etam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (jagat)

• amuṣya: of that (universe)
• amuṣya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yat: since/that
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; यत्-शब्दः सम्बन्धबोधकः (relative particle: ‘since/that’)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ādy-antayoḥ: of the beginning and the end
• ādy-antayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (‘आदि च अन्तः च’); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकभाव; सप्तमी/षष्ठी द्विवचनरूपम्—अत्र षष्ठी द्विवचन (genitive dual) ‘of beginning and end’

• pṛthak: separately
• pṛthak: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (separately)

• avasyasi: you exist/abide
• avasyasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√sā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• madhyataḥ: in the middle
• madhyataḥ: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/in the middle’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• sṛṣṭvā: having created
• sṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √sṛj (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• guṇa-vyatikaram: the intermixture of the guṇas
• guṇa-vyatikaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyatikara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘गुणानां व्यतिकरः’ = intermixture of qualities); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nija-māyayā: by your own māyā
• nija-māyayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘निजा माया’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• idam: this (universe)
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nānā: as manifold
• nānā: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nānā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (variously, as many)

• iva: as if
• iva: Upamana (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानार्थक निपात (comparative particle)

• taiḥ: by them (the guṇas)
• taiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘by those (guṇas)’

• avasitaḥ: determined/manifested (as)
• avasitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava√sā (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tvam)

• tat: then/thereafter
• tat: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; तदर्थे ‘thereafter/then’

• anupraviṣṭaḥ: entered into (it)
• anupraviṣṭaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-pra√viś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (tvam)

Purport

As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.35) :

Characters & Entities

• Prahlāda Mahārāja
• Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about God being one yet appearing as many?

This verse says the Lord is one reality, but by His own māyā He creates the interaction of the guṇas and is perceived as manifold, while remaining the same Supreme.

Why did Prahlāda Mahārāja say this to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva?

After being protected by Nṛsiṁhadeva, Prahlāda offers prayers glorifying the Lord’s supreme position—transcendent to creation yet present within it as the indwelling Lord.

Practical application of this teaching in modern life?

See one divine presence behind changing circumstances: stay steady in devotion, avoid being overwhelmed by the shifting modes, and remember God is both beyond events and present within the heart.