CHAPTER TWO

The Lord in the Heart

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wq ANUTAISSeATTA-
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aa TANS AMTELE-
TYTTA AV STATA! It A

Sri Suka uvaca
evam pura dhdranaydtma-yonir
nastam smrtim pratyavarudhya tustat
tatha sasarjedam amogha-drstir
yathapyayat prag vyavasaya-buddhih
sri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam—just in the same way;
pura—prior to the manifestation of the cosmos;dharanaya—by such concep-
tion; dtma-yonih—of Brahmaji; nastam—lost; smrtim—remembrance; prat-
yavarudhya—by regaining consciousness; tustat—because of appeasing the

Lord; tatha—thereafter; sasarjedam—created this material world; amogha-
drstih—one who has attained clear vision; yathé—as; apyayat—created;
prak—as formerly ; vyavasdya—ascertained ; buddhih—intelligence.

TRANSLATION

Sti Sukadeva Gosvami said: Formerly, prior to the manifestation of the
cosmos, Lord Brahma, by meditating on the virata riipa, regained his lost
consciousness by appeasing the Lord. Thus he was again able to rebuild the
creation as it was before.

PURPORT

The example cited herein of Sn Brahmaji is one of forgetfulness.
Brahmaji is the incarnation of one of the mundane attributes of the Lord.

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