Adi-lila, Chapter 2 103

sei govinda bhaji ami, tehonh mora pati
tanhara prasade mora haya srsti-Sakti

SYNONYMS

sei—that; govinda—Lord Govinda; bhaji—worship; @mi—|; tehori—He; mora—my;
pati—Lord; tanhara—His; prasade—by the mercy; mora—my; haya—becomes;
scsti—of creation; Sakti—power.

TRANSLATION

| [Brahma] worship Govinda. He is my Lord. Only by His grace am | empowered
to create the universe.

PURPORT

Although the sun is situated far away from the other planets, its rays sustain and
maintain them all. Indeed, the sun diffuses its heat and light all over the universe.
Similarly, the supreme sun, Govinda, diffuses His heat and light every where in the
form of His different potencies. The sun’s heat and light are nondifferent from the
sun. In the same way, the unlimited potencies of Govinda are nondifferent from
Govinda Himself. Therefore the all-pervasive Brahman is the all-pervasive Govinda.
Bhagavaa-gita clearly mentions that the impersonal Brahman is dependent upon
Govinda. That is the real conception of absolute knowledge.

TEXT 17

FAH MSA AAT: Mat SEH yAs
SHAS yy cw AthS Aerts Aartfacataqats 99 i

munayo vata-vasanah
$ramana iurddhva-manthinah
brahmakhyam dhama te yanti
Santah sannyasino ’malah

SYNONYMS

munayah-—saints; vata-vasanah—naked; sramanah—who perform severe physical
penances; @rddhva—raised up; manthinah—whose semina; brahma-Gkhyam—known as
Brahmaloka; dha@ma—to the abode; te—they; yanti—go; Santah—equipoised in
Brahman; sannyasinah—who are in the renounced order of life; ama/ah—pure.

TRANSLATION

“Naked saints and sannyasis who undergo severe physical penances, who can
raise the semina to the brain, and who are completely equipoised in Brahman can
live in the realm known as Brahmaloka.”
