Text 44]
Brahmā's Prayers for Creative Energy
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sarva-veda-mayenedam ātmanā”tmā”tma-yoninā prajāḥ sṛja yathā-pūrvaṁ yāś ca mayy anuśerate
sarva—all; veda-mayena—under complete Vedic wisdom; idam—this; ātmanā—by the body; ātmā— you; ātma-yoninā— directly born of the Lord; prajāḥ—living entities; sṛja—generate; yathā-pūrvaṁ— as it was hereinbefore; yāḥ—which; ca—also; mayi—in Me; anuśerate—lie.
TRANSLATION
By following My instructions you can now generate the living entities as before, by dint of your complete Vedic wisdom and the body that you have directly received from Me, the supreme cause of everything.
TEXT 44
मैत्रेय उवाच तस्मा एवं जगत्स्रष्ट्रे प्रधानपुरुषेश्वरः । व्यज्येदं स्वेन रूपेण कञ्जनाभस्तिरोदधे ॥४४॥
maitreya uvāca tasmā evaṁ jagat-sraṣṭre pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ vyajyedaṁ svena rūpeṇa kañja-nābhas tirodadhe
maitreyaḥ uvāca—the sage Maitreya said; tasmai—unto him; evam—thus; jagat-sraṣṭre—unto the creator of the universe; pradhāna-puruṣa-īśvaraḥ—the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead; vyajya idam—after instructing this; svena—in His person; rūpeṇa—by the form; kañja-nābhaḥ—the Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa; tirodadhe—disappeared.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahmā, the creator of the universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His personal form as Nārāyaṇa, disappeared.
PURPORT
Before his activity in creating the universe, Brahmā saw the Lord. That is the explanation of the  Catuḥ-ślokī Bhāgavatam . When the creation