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Lord Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva
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colored garment. Also the words  manūnām ādyam  are significant here because they mean a philosopher or one who is thoughtful and can think very nicely. Such a man is called  manu . Lord Śiva is described in this verse as the chief of all thinkers. Lord Śiva, of course, does not engage in useless mental speculation, but as stated in the previous verse, he is always thoughtful regarding how to deliver the demons from their fallen condition of life. It is said that during the advent of Lord Caitanya, Sadā-Śiva appeared as Advaita Prabhu, and Advaita Prabhu's chief concern was to elevate the fallen conditioned souls to the platform of devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. Since people were engaged in useless occupations which would continue their material existence, Lord Śiva, in the form of Lord Advaita, appealed to the Supreme Lord to appear as Lord Caitanya to deliver these illusioned souls. Actually Lord Caitanya appeared on the request of Lord Advaita. Similarly, Lord Śiva has a  sampradāya , the Rudra Sampradāya. He is always thinking about the deliverance of the fallen souls, as exhibited by Lord Advaita Prabhu.
TEXT 40
स तूपलम्यागतमात्मयोर्नि सुरासुरेशैरभिवन्दिताङ्गिः । उत्थाय चक्रे शिरसाभिवन्दन- मर्हत्तमः कस्य यथैव विष्णुः ॥४०॥
sa tūpalabhyāgatam ātma-yonim surāsureśair abhivanditāṅghriḥ utthāya cakre śirasābhivandanam arhattamaḥ kasya yathaiva viṣṇuḥ
saḥ—Lord Śiva; tu—but; upalabhya—seeing; āgatam—had arrived; ātma-yonim—Lord Brahmā; sura-asura-īśaiḥ—by the best of the demigods and demons; abhivandita-aṅghriḥ—whose feet are worshiped; utthāya—standing up; cakre—made; śirasā—with his head; abhivandanam—respectful; arhattamaḥ—Vāmanadeva; kasya—of Kaśyapa; yathā eva—just as; viṣṇuḥ—Viṣṇu.
TRANSLATION
Lord Śiva's lotus feet were worshiped by both the demigods and demons, and still, in spite of his exalted position, as soon as he saw that Lord Brahmā was there among all the other demigods, immediately he stood up and offered his respect to him by bowing down and touching his