Text 24] The Lord Agrees to Become Aditi's Son
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puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
“The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various species.” (Bg. 13.22) Although the living entity is aloof from the material elements, he is put into material conditions, and thus he must suffer the reactions of material activities.
TEXT 24
अदितेर्धिष्ठितं गर्भं भगवन्तं सनातनम् । हिरण्यगर्भो विज्ञाय समीडे गुह्यनामभिः ॥२४॥
aditer dhiṣṭhitaṁ garbhaṁ bhagavantaṁ sanātanam hiraṇyagarbho vijñāya samīde guhya-nāmabhiḥ
aditeḥ—into the womb of Aditi; dhiṣṭhitaṁ—being established; garbhaṁ—pregnancy; bhagavantaṁ—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sanātanam—who is eternal; hiraṇyagarbhaḥ—Lord Brahmā; vijñāya—knowing this; samīde—offered prayers; guhya-nāmabhiḥ—with transcendental names.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Brahmā understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead was now within the womb of Aditi, he began to offer prayers to the Lord by reciting transcendental names.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists everywhere ( aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham ). Therefore when one chants His transcendental names—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/