Text 25 |
Brahmā's Prayers for Creative Energy
365
PURPORT
Every person engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord in this material world is prone to so many material activities, and if one is not strong enough to protect himself against the onslaught of material affection, he may be diverted from the spiritual energy. In the material creation Brahmā has to create all kinds of living entities with bodies suitable to their material conditions. Brahmā wants to be protected by the Lord because he has to contact many, many vicious living entities. An ordinary  brāhmaṇa  can fall from the  brahma-tejas , or the power of brahminical excellence, due to his association with many fallen conditioned souls. Brahmā, as the supermost  brāhmaṇa , is afraid of such a falldown, and therefore he prays to the Lord for protection. This is a warning for one and all in the spiritual advancement of life. Unless one is sufficiently protected by the Lord, he may fall down from his spiritual position; therefore one has to pray constantly to the Lord for protection and the blessing to carry out one's duty. Lord Caitanya also entrusted His missionary work to His devotees and assured them of His protection against the onslaught of material affection. The path of spiritual life is stated in the  Vedas  to be like the edge of a sharpened razor. A little inattentiveness may at once create havoc and bloodshed, but one who is a completely surrendered soul, always seeking protection from the Lord in the discharge of his entrusted duties, has no fear of falling into material contamination.
TEXT 25
सोऽसावदभ्रकरुणो भगवान् विष्टुद्ध- 
    प्रेमसितेन नयनाम्बुरुहं विजृम्भन् । 
    उत्थाय विश्वविजयाय च नो विषादं 
    माञ्च्या गिरापनयतात्पुरुषः पुराणः॥२५॥
so 'sāv adabhra-karuṇo bhagavān vivṛddha- 
    prema-smitena nayanāmburuham vijṛmbhan 
    utthāya viśvavijayāya ca no viṣādam 
    mādhvyā girāpanayatāt puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ
saḥ—He (the Lord); asau—that; adabhra—unlimited; karuṇaḥ—merciful; 
    bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; vivṛddha—excessive; prema—love; 
    smitena—by smiling; nayana-amburuham—the lotus eyes; vijṛmbhan—by