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Srimad Bhagavatam — Panchama Skandha, Shloka 7

Priyavrata Accepts Kingship by Brahmā’s Instruction; Sapta-dvīpa Formation and Renunciation

Devanagari script

अथ ह भगवानादिदेव एतस्य गुणविसर्गस्य परिबृंहणानुध्यानव्यवसित सकलजगदभिप्राय आत्मयोनिरखिलनिगमनिजगणपरिवेष्टित: स्वभवनादवततार ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

atha ha bhagavān ādi-deva etasya guṇa-visargasya paribṛṁhaṇānudhyāna-vyavasita-sakala-jagad-abhiprāya ātma-yonir akhila-nigama-nija-gaṇa-pariveṣṭitaḥ sva-bhavanād avatatāra.

Translation

แล้วพระพรหม ผู้เป็นอาทิเทพ ผู้ใคร่ครวญและมุ่งมั่นในการขยายและจัดระเบียบการสร้างสรรค์ตามคุณะ รู้เจตนารมณ์ของสรรพจักรวาล ผู้บังเกิดด้วยตนเอง พร้อมด้วยพระเวทที่เป็นบุคคลและหมู่บริวาร ได้เสด็จลงจากวิมานของตน

Synonyms

अथthen

हindeed

भगवान्the Blessed Lord

आदि-देवःthe primeval deity

एतस्यof this

गुण-विसर्गस्यof the creation/emanation of the guṇas

परिबृंहण-अनुध्यान-व्यवसित-सकल-जगत्-अभिप्रायःwhose resolve/intention for the whole world was fixed (for expansion)

आत्म-योनिःself-born/self-originating

अखिल-निगम-निज-गण-परिवेष्टितःsurrounded by His own hosts of all Vedas

स्व-भवनात्from His own abode

अवततारdescended

Purport

Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Self ( ātmā ), is the source of everything, as explained in the Vedānta-sūtra: janmādy asya yataḥ. Because Brahmā was born directly from Lord Viṣṇu, he is called ātma-yoni. He is also called bhagavān, although generally bhagavān refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (Viṣṇu or Lord Kṛṣṇa). Sometimes great personalities — such as demigods like Lord Brahmā, Nārada or Lord Śiva — are also addressed as bhagavān because they carry out the purpose of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Brahmā is called bhagavān because he is the secondary creator of this universe. He is always thinking of how to improve the situation of the conditioned souls who have come to the material world to enjoy material activities. For this reason, he disseminates the Vedic knowledge throughout the universe for everyone’s guidance.

Characters & Entities

Bhagavān (Supreme Lord)

Brahmā (implied by ātma-yoniḥ)

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about why the Supreme Lord descends?

This verse says the original Lord descends from His own abode to strengthen and properly direct the unfolding of creation through the modes of nature, fully knowing the intentions of all beings.

Why did Śukadeva Gosvāmī describe the Lord as surrounded by the Vedas and His associates?

To show that the Lord’s descent is not ordinary: He appears with divine authority (the Vedas) and with His personal entourage, indicating His supreme status and purposeful intervention in cosmic order.

Practical application of the idea that God knows everyone's intentions?

It encourages inner sincerity: spiritual practice in bhakti is most effective when motives are purified, since the Lord responds to genuine intent, not mere external display.