Text 23] Manifestation of Brahma from Garbhodakaéayi Visnu 321
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kalena so’jah purusayusabhi-
pravurtta-yogena virudha-bodhah
svayam tad antar hrdaye ’vabhatam
apasyatapasyata yan na purvam
kalena—in due course of time; sah—he; ajah—the self-born Brahma;
purusa-dyusa—by the duration of his age; abhipravrtta—being engaged;
yogena—in meditation; viradha—developed; bodhahi—intelligence; svayam—
automatically; tat antah-inside his; hrdaye—in the heart; avabhatam—
manifested; apasyata—which he did not see before; apasgyata—saw it; yat—
which; na—not; pirvam—before.
TRANSLATION
At the end of Brahma’s one hundred years, when his meditation was
complete, he developed the required knowledge, and as a result he could
see in his heart the Supreme within himself, whom he could not see before
with the greatest endeavor.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord can be experienced only through the process of
‘devotional service and not by one’s personal endeavor in mental specu-
lation. The age of Brahm is calculated in terms of divya years, which are
distinct from the solar years of human beings. The divya years are
calculated in Bhagavad-gitad: sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmano
viduh (Bg. 8.17). Brahma’s one day is equal to one thousand times the
aggregate of the four yugas (calculated to be 4,300,000 years). On that
basis, Brahma meditated for one hundred years before he could understand
the supreme cause of all causes, and then he wrote the Brahma-samhita,
which is approved and recognized by Lord Caitanya and in which he
sings, govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami. One has to wait for the
mercy. of the Lord before one can either render service unto Him or know
Him as He is.
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