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Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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of Godhead. Without being benedicted by Kṛṣṇa, one cannot offer benediction to anyone else. The word  manave , meaning “unto the supreme Manu,” is also significant. The supreme Manu in Vedic literature is Svāyambhuva Manu, who is an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa. All the Manus are empowered incarnations of Kṛṣṇa ( manvantara-avatāra ). There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahmā, 420 in one month, 5,040 in one year, and 504,000 Manus in the lifetime of Brahmā. Since all the Manus are directors of human society, ultimately Kṛṣṇa is the supreme director of human society. In another sense, the word  manave  indicates the perfection of all kinds of  mantras . The  mantra  delivers the conditioned soul from his bondage; so simply by chanting the  mantra  Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare, one can gain deliverance from any condition.
Kāraṇātmane : everything has a cause. The theory of chance is repudiated in this verse. Because everything has its cause, there is no question of chance. Because so-called philosophers and scientists are unable to find the real cause, they foolishly say that everything happens by chance. In  Brahma-saṁhitā  Kṛṣṇa is described as the cause of all causes; therefore He is addressed herein as  kāraṇātmane . His very personality is the original cause of everything, the root of everything and the seed of everything. As described in the  Vedānta-sūtra ,  janmādy asya yataḥ  (1.1.2): the Absolute Truth is the supreme cause of all emanations.
The word  sāṅkhya-yogeśvarāya  is also significant herein, for Kṛṣṇa is described in  Bhagavad-gītā  as Yogeśvara, the master of all mystic powers. Without possessing inconceivable mystic powers, one cannot be accepted as God. In this age of Kali, those who have a little fragmental portion of mystic power claim to be God, but such pseudo-Gods can only be accepted as fools, for only Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Person who possesses all mystic and yogic perfections. The  sāṅkhya-yoga  system popular at the present moment was propounded by the atheist Kapila, but the original  sāṅkhya-yoga  system was propounded by an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa also named Kapila, the son of Devahūti. Similarly, Dattātreya, another incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, also explained the  sāṅkhya-yoga  system. Thus Kṛṣṇa is the origin of all  sāṅkhya-yoga  systems and mystic  yoga  powers.
The words  purāṇāya puruṣāya  are also worthy of special attention. In  Brahma-saṁhitā , Kṛṣṇa is accepted as the  ādi-puruṣa , the original person, or the original enjoyer. In  Bhagavad-gītā , Lord Kṛṣṇa is also accepted as  purāṇa-puruṣa , the oldest person. Although He is the oldest of all personalities, He is also the youngest of all, or  nava-yauvana . Another significant word is  dharmāya . Since Kṛṣṇa is the original propounder of all kinds of religious principles, it is said:  dharmaṁ tu sākṣād bhagavat-