Text 37] The Opulence and Sweetness of Krsna 251

PURPORT
This is the first verse of the Fifth Chapter of Brahma-sarnhita.

TEXT 36

aamnl, fags, 34,08 esi fa-a |
ford BRISA SCBA, FAs — SHA Ov |

brahma, visnu, hara, —ei srstyadi-isvara
tine ajfiakari krsnera, krsna——adhisvara

SYNONYMS

brahma—Lord Brahma; visnu—Lord Visnu; hara—and Lord Siva; ei—they;
srsti-adi-isvara—the masters of material creation, maintenance and dissolution;
tine—all three of them; ajfakari—order carriers; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; krsna—
Lord Krsna; adhisvara—their master.

TRANSLATION

“The primary predominating deities of this material creation are Lord
Brahma, Lord Siva and Lord Visnu. Nonetheless, they simply carry out the or-
ders of Lord Krsna, who is master of them all.

TEXT 37

aft Cfagrsreas aca! zafe Wark
fea tears afanths fersfeys nan

srjami tan-niyukto ‘ham
haro harati tad-vasah

visvam purusa-rupena
paripati trisakti-dhrk

SYNONYMS
srjami—create; tat-niyuktah—engaged by Him; aham—I; harah—Lord Siva;
harati—annihilates; tat-vasah—under His control; visvam—the whole universe;
purusa-rapena—in the form of Lord Visnu; paripati—maintains; tri-sakti-dhrk —
the controller of the three modes of material nature.

TRANSLATION

“Lord Brahma said, ‘Following the will of the Supreme Personality of God-
head, I create, Lord Siva destroys, and He Himself in the form of Ksirodakasayi
