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 ||
ହେ ପଦ୍ମନୟନ! ତାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାଦରୁ ଗୋଟିଏ ପଦ୍ମ ପ୍ରାଦୁର୍ଭୂତ ହେଲା। ତାପରେ ସେଇ ପଦ୍ମରୁ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲେ; ସେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ସେଇ ପ୍ରଭୁଙ୍କ ପ୍ରସାଦଜ।
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.