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The Hamsa-guhya Prayers
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“For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.”
TEXT 45
ब्रह्मा भवो भवन्तश्च मनवो विबुधेश्वराः । विभूतयो मम ह्येता भूतानां भूतिहेतवः ॥४५॥
brahmā bhavo bhavantaś ca manavo vibudheśvarāḥ vibhūtayo mama hy etā bhūtānāṁ bhūti-hetavaḥ
brahmā —Lord Brahmā;  bhavaḥ —Lord Śiva;  bhavantaḥ —all of you  prajāpatis ;  ca —and;  manavaḥ —the Manus;  vibudha-īśvarāḥ —all the different demigods (such as the sun, the moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter, who are all in charge of various activities for the welfare of the world);  vibhūtayaḥ —expansions of energy;  mama —My;  hi —indeed;  etāḥ —all these;  bhūtānāṁ —of all the living entities;  bhūti —of welfare;  hetavaḥ —causes.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva, the Manus, all the other demigods in the higher planetary systems, and you  prajāpatis , who are increasing the population, are working for the benefit of all living entities. Thus you expansions of My marginal energy are incarnations of My various qualities.
PURPORT
There are various types of incarnations or expansions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The expansions of His personal self, or  viṣṇu-tattva , are called  svāṁśa  expansions, whereas the living entities, who are not  viṣṇu-tattva  but  jīva-tattva , are called  vibhinnāṁśa , separated expansions. Although Prajāpati Dakṣa is not on the same level as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, he is compared to them because he engages in the