Text 304] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 169

SYNONYMS
bhakti-misra-krta-punye—because of pious activities mixed with devotional
service; kona—someone; jiva-uttama—the best of the living entities; rajah-
gune—by the mode of passion; vibhavita—influenced; kari’—making; tanra—
his; mana—mind.
TRANSLATION

“Because of his past pious activities mixed with devotional service, the
first-class living entity is influenced by the mode of passion within his mind.

TEXT 303

atcStroatfaaral fe aeifz’ |
ante ef sca oe am-aet aff’ 1 oo |

garbhodakasayi-dvara sakti saficari’
vyasti srsti kare krsna brahma-rdpa dhari’

SYNONYMS
garbha-udaka-sdyi-dvara—by Lord Garbhodakasayi Visnu; sakti saficari’—
giving him special powers; vyasti—total; srsti—creation; kare—does; krsna—
Lord Krsna; brahmd-rapa dhari’—accepting the form of Lord Brahma.

TRANSLATION

“Such a devotee is empowered by GarbhodakaSayi Visnu. In this way, an in-
carnation of Krsna in the form of Brahma engineers the total creation of the
universe.

PURPORT

The GarbhodakaSayi Visnu purusa-avatara expansion of Lord Visnu accepts the
material modes — sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna— and thus incarnates as
Lord Visnu, Brahma and Siva. These are incarnations of the material qualities.
Among the many superior living entities qualified with pious activities and devo-
tional service, one, called Lord Brahma, is infused with the quality of passion by
the supreme will of GarbhodakaSayi Visnu. Thus Lord Brahma becomes the incar-
nation of the creative energy of the Lord.

TEXT 304
erat qayAecay favay coq?
alas feas aapaws it ware |
