Text 57] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 65
life remembers Narayana attains the perfection of life (ante nardyana-
smrtih).
TEXT 57
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TAMASARATATT HT |
mars 7e Ratec hata at gata ate
FHATA MAT ATS ASAT |1911
itirese ‘tarkye nija-mahimani sva-pramitike
paratrajato *tan-nirasana-mukha-brahmaka-mitau
anise "pi drastum kim idam iti va muhyati sati
cacchddajo jndtva sapadi paramo 7jd-javanikam

iti—thus; ird-ise—Lord Brahma, the lord of Sarasvati (Ira); atarkye—
beyond; nija-mahimani—whose own glory; sva-pramitike —self-
manifest and blissful; paratra—beyond; ajatah—the material energy
(prakrti); atat—irrelevant; nirasana-mukha—by the rejection of that
which is irrelevant; brahmaka—by the crest jewels of the Vedas;
mitau—in whom there is knowledge; anise—not being able; api—even;
drastum—to see; kim—what; idam—is this; iti—thus; va—or; muhyati
sati—being mystified; cacchada—removed; ajah—Lord Sri Krsna;
jfnidtvd—after understanding; sapadi—at once; paramah—the greatest
of all; aja-javanikdm—the curtain of maya.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Brahman is beyond mental speculation, He is self-
manifest, existing in His own bliss, and He is beyond the material
energy. He is known by the crest jewels of the Vedas by refutation
of irrelevant knowledge. Thus in relation to that Supreme Brah-
man, the Personality of Godhead, whose glory had been shown by
the manifestation of all the four-armed forms of Visnu, Lord
Brahma, the lord of Sarasvati, was mystified. ‘‘What is this?” he
thought, and then he was not even able to see. Lord Krsna, under-
standing Brahma’s position, then at once removed the curtain of
His yogamaya.
