Text 53]
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
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brahma-rudrau ca bhūtāni bhedenājño 'nupaśyati
tasmin—Him; brahmaṇi—the Supreme Brahman; advitīye—without a second; kevale—being one; paramātmani—the Supersoul; brahma-rudrau—both Brahmā and Śiva; ca—and; bhūtāni—the living entities; bhedena—with separation; ajñaḥ—one who is not properly conversant; anupaśyati—thinks.
TRANSLATION
The Lord continued: One who is not in proper knowledge thinks that demigods like Brahmā and Śiva are independent, or he even thinks that the living entities are independent.
PURPORT
The living entities, including Brahmā, are not independently separated, but are counted within the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord, being the Supersoul in every living entity, including Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, is directing everyone in the activities of the material modes of nature. No one can act independently of the sanction of the Lord, and therefore, indirectly, no one is different from the Supreme Person, and certainly Brahmā and Rudra, who are incarnations of the material modes of nature, passion and ignorance, are not.
TEXT 53
यथा पुमान स्वाङ्गेषु शिरःपाप्यादिषु कचित् । पारक्यबुद्धि कुरुते एवं भूतेषु मत्परः ॥५३॥
yathā pumān na svāṅgeṣu śiraḥ-pāṇy-ādiṣu kvacit pārakya-buddhim kurute evam bhūteṣu mat-paraḥ
yathā—as; pumān—a person; na—not; sva-aṅgeṣu—in his own body; śiraḥ-pāṇi-ādiṣu—between the head and the hands and other parts of the body; kvacit—sometimes; pārakya-buddhim—differentiation; kurute—make; evam—thus; bhūteṣu—among living entities; mat-paraḥ—My devotee.
TRANSLATION
A person with average intelligence does not think the head and other parts of the body to be separate. Similarly, he does not differentiate Viṣṇu,