CHAPTER TWO
The Lord in the Heart
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं पुरा धारणयाऽऽत्मयोनि-
नेष्टां स्मृतिं प्रत्यवरुध्य तुष्टात् ।
तथा ससर्जेदममोघदृष्टि-
र्थथाप्ययात् प्राग् व्यवसायबुद्धिः ॥ १ ॥
śrī śuka uvāca evam purā dhāraṇayātma-yonir naṣṭām smṛtim pratyavarudhya tuṣṭāt tathā sasarjedam amogha-dṛṣṭir yathāpyayāt prāg vyavasāya-buddhiḥ
śrī śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—just in the same way; purā—prior to the manifestation of the cosmos; dhāraṇayā—by such conception; ātma-yoniḥ—of Brahmājī; naṣṭām—lost; smṛtim—remembrance; pratyavarudhya—by regaining consciousness; tuṣṭāt—because of appeasing the Lord; tathā—thereafter; sasarjedam—created this material world; amogha-dṛṣṭiḥ—one who has attained clear vision; yathā—as; apyayāt—created; prāk—as formerly; vyavasāya—ascertained; buddhiḥ—intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the cosmos, Lord Brahmā, by meditating on the virāṭa rūpa, regained his lost consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was again able to rebuild the creation as it was before.
PURPORT
The example cited herein of Śrī Brahmājī is one of forgetfulness. Brahmājī is the incarnation of one of the mundane attributes of the Lord.
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