Shloka 16
Kapila’s Advent: Brahmā’s Confirmation, the Marriage of the Nine Daughters, and Kardama’s Renunciation
वेदाहमाद्यं पुरुषमवतीर्णं स्वमायया । भूतानां शेवधिं देहं बिभ्राणं कपिलं मुने ॥ १६ ॥
vedāham ādyaṁ puruṣam avatīrṇaṁ sva-māyayā bhūtānāṁ śevadhiṁ dehaṁ bibhrāṇaṁ kapilaṁ mune
ਹੇ ਕਰਦਮ, ਮੈਂ ਜਾਣਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਕਿ ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰੁਸ਼ੋਤਮ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਆਪਣੀ ਅੰਤਰੰਗ ਮਾਇਆ ਨਾਲ ਅਵਤਾਰ ਧਾਰ ਕੇ ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਇੱਛਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਦਾਤਾ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਕਪਿਲ ਮੁਨੀ ਦਾ ਦੇਹ ਧਾਰਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਹੈ।
In this verse we find the words puruṣam avatīrṇaṁ sva-māyayā. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is everlastingly, eternally the form of puruṣa, the predominator or enjoyer, and when He appears He never accepts anything of this material energy. The spiritual world is a manifestation of His personal, internal potency, whereas the material world is a manifestation of His material, or differentiated, energy. The word sva-māyayā, “by His own internal potency,” indicates that whenever the Supreme Personality of Godhead descends He comes in His own energy. He may assume the body of a human being, but that body is not material. In Bhagavad-gītā it is therefore clearly stated that only fools and rascals, mūḍhas, consider the body of Kṛṣṇa to be the body of a common human being. The word śevadhim means that He is the original bestower of all the necessities of life upon the living entities. In the Vedas also it is stated that He is the chief living entity and that He bestows all the desired necessities of other living entities. Because He is the bestower of the necessities of all others, He is called God. The Supreme is also a living entity; He is not impersonal. As we are individual, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also individual — but He is the supreme individual. That is the difference between God and the ordinary living entities.
FAQs
This verse states that Kapila is the original Supreme Person who descends by His own divine potency, assuming a body for the benefit of all living beings.
Because she recognizes her son as Bhagavan Himself—an avatara who has taken form through His own māyā to teach and uplift the conditioned souls.
See authentic spiritual guidance as the Lord’s mercy—approach divine teachings with humility and sincerity, aiming for inner purification and liberation rather than mere information.