Shloka 17
धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)
प्रसादात् प्रादुरभवत् पद्म पद्मनिभेक्षण । ततो ब्रह्मा समभवत् स तस्यैव प्रसादज:,जब प्रलयकी रात व्यतीत हुई थी, उस समय उन अमित तेजस्वी अनिरुद्धकी कृपासे एक कमल प्रकट हुआ। कमलनयन अर्जुन! उसी कमलसे ब्रह्माजीका प्रादुर्भाव हुआ। वे ब्रह्मा भगवान् अनिरुद्धके प्रसादसे ही उत्पन्न हुए हैं
prasādāt prādurabhavat padma padmanibhekṣaṇa | tato brahmā samabhavat sa tasyaiva prasādajaḥ ||
प्रसादात् प्रादुरभवत् पद्मं पद्मनिभेक्षण । ततो ब्रह्मा समभवत् स तस्यैव प्रसादजः ॥
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.