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Brahmā Stealing the Boys and Calves
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life remembers Nārāyaṇa attains the perfection of life ( ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ ).
TEXT 57
इतीरेशेऽतर्क्ये निजमहिमनि स्वप्रमितिके 
    परत्राजातोऽतन्निरसनमुखत्रह्यकमितौ । 
    अनीशेऽपि द्रष्टुं किमिदमिति वा मुह्यति सति 
    चछादाजो ज्ञात्वा सपदि परमोऽजाजवनिकाम् ॥५७॥
itīreśe 'tarkye nija-mahimani sva-pramitike 
    paratrājāto 'tan-nirasana-mukha-brahmaka-mitau 
    anīśe 'pi draṣṭum kim idam iti vā muhyati sati 
    cacchādājo jñātvā sapadi paramo 'jā-javanikām
iti —thus;  irā-īśe —Lord Brahmā, the lord of Sarasvatī (Irā);  atarkye —beyond;  nija-mahimani —whose own glory;  sva-pramitike —self-manifest and blissful;  paratra —beyond;  ajātaḥ —the material energy ( prakṛti );  atat —irrelevant;  nirasana-mukha —by the rejection of that which is irrelevant;  brahmaka —by the crest jewels of the  Vedas ;  mitau —in whom there is knowledge;  anīśe —not being able;  api —even;  draṣṭum —to see;  kim —what;  idam —is this;  iti —thus;  vā —or;  muhyati sati —being mystified;  cacchāda —removed;  ajaḥ —Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  jñātvā —after understanding;  sapadi —at once;  paramaḥ —the greatest of all;  ajā-javanikām —the curtain of  māyā .
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Brahman is beyond mental speculation, He is self-manifest, existing in His own bliss, and He is beyond the material energy. He is known by the crest jewels of the  Vedas  by refutation of irrelevant knowledge. Thus in relation to that Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead, whose glory had been shown by the manifestation of all the four-armed forms of  Viṣṇu , Lord Brahmā, the lord of Sarasvatī, was mystified. “What is this?” he thought, and then he was not even able to see. Lord Kṛṣṇa, understanding Brahmā’s position, then at once removed the curtain of His  yogamāyā .