Shloka 14
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Nārāyaṇa and the Lord’s Empowering Instructions for Creation
शश्वत्स्वरूपमहसैव निपीतभेद- मोहाय बोधधिषणाय नम: परस्मै । विश्वोद्भवस्थितिलयेषु निमित्तलीला- रासाय ते नम इदं चकृमेश्वराय ॥ १४ ॥
śaśvat svarūpa-mahasaiva nipīta-bheda- mohāya bodha-dhiṣaṇāya namaḥ parasmai viśvodbhava-sthiti-layeṣu nimitta-līlā- rāsāya te nama idaṁ cakṛmeśvarāya
Nagpupugay ako sa Kataas-taasang Transendensya na sa walang-hanggang liwanag ng Kanyang sariling anyo ay nilulunok ang pagkalito ng pagkakaiba at ginigising ang talino tungo sa pagkakabatid-sa-sarili. Nag-aalay ako ng pagyukod sa Īśvara na sa Kanyang lila ay nagiging sanhi ng paglikha, pagpanatili, at pagkalusaw ng sansinukob.
The Supreme Lord is eternally distinguished from the living entities by His internal potency, although He is also understood in His impersonal feature by self-realized intelligence. Devotees of the Lord, therefore, offer all respectful obeisances unto the impersonal feature of the Lord. The word rāsa is significant herein. The rāsa dance is performed by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the company of the cowherd damsels at Vṛndāvana, and the Personality of Godhead Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu is also engaged in rāsa enjoyment with His external potency, by which He creates, maintains and dissolves the entire material manifestation. Indirectly, Lord Brahmā offers his respectful obeisances unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is factually ever engaged in rāsa enjoyment with the gopīs, as confirmed in the Gopāla-tāpanī Upaniṣad in the following words: parārdhānte so ’budhyata gopa-veśo me puruṣaḥ purastād āvirbabhūva. The distinction between the Lord and the living entity is definitely experienced when there is sufficient intelligence to understand His internal potency, as distinguished from the external potency by which He makes possible the material manifestation.
FAQs
This verse says the Lord’s eternal self-effulgent form ‘drinks up’ delusion arising from perceived differences and establishes bodha—true awakening and understanding.
Brahmā recognizes that the Lord is the instrumental cause behind creation, maintenance, and dissolution, and that only the Lord grants the intelligence needed to overcome illusion and perform cosmic duties.
By remembering the one Supreme controller behind change, a seeker reduces anxiety born of duality, cultivates clear discernment, and practices devotion as the path to steadiness and wisdom.