Adi-lila, Chapter 2 115

PURPORT

Narayana is identical to Sri Krsna. They are in fact the same person manifested
differently, like a high court judge who is differently situated in his office and at
home. As Narayana the Lord is manifested with four hands, but as Krsna He is
manifested with two hands.

TEXT 30

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SHIT ASI a SIT AHN Sod

narayanas tvam na hi sarva-dehinam
atmasy adhisakhila-loka-saksi

narayano ‘hgarm nara-bhi-jaldyanat
tac capi satyam na tavaiva maya

SYNONYMS

narayanah—Lord Narayana; tvam—You; na—not;hi—certainly; sarva—all; dehinam
—of the embodied beings; Gtma—the Supersoul; asi— You are; adhisa—O Lord;
akhila-loka—of all the worlds; saksi—the witness; nardyanaf-known as !Narayana;
afngam—plenary portion; nara—of Nara; bhi—born; jala—in the water; qvandt—due to
the place of refuge; tat—that; ca—and; api—certainly; satyam—highest truth; na—not;
tava—Y our; eva—at all; mdya—the illusory energy.

TRANSLATION

“O Lord of lords, You are the seer of all creation. You are indeed everyone’s
dearest life. Are You not, therefore, my father, Narayana? Narayana refers to one
whose abode is in the water born from Nara, and that Narayana is Your plenary
portion. All Your plenary portions are transcendental. They are absolute and are not
creations of maya.”

PURPORT

This statement, which is from Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.14), was spoken by
Lord Brahma in his prayers to Lord Krsna after the Lord defeated him by displaying
His mystic powers. Brahma had tried to test Lord Krsna to see if He were really the
Supreme Personality of Godhead playing as a cowherd boy. Brahma stole all the
other boys and their cows from the pasturing grounds, but when he returned to the
pastures he saw that all the boys and cows were still there, for Lord Krsna had
created them all again. When Brahma saw this mystic power of Lord Krsna, he
