330 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 8

sah—he (Brahma); karma-bijam—seed of worldly activities; rajasa-upa-
raktah—initiated by the mode of passion; prajah—living entities; sisrksan—
willing to create progeny; iyat—all the five causes of creation; eva—thus;
drstvd—looking on; astaut—prayed for; visarga—creation after the creation
by the Lord; abhimukhah—towards; tam—that; idyam—worshipable; avyak -
ta—transcendental; vartmani—on the path of; abhivesita—fixed ;atma— mind.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma, thus being surcharged with the mode of passion, became
inclined to create, and after seeing the five causes of creation indicated by
the Personality of Godhead, he began to offer his respectful prayers on the
path of the creative mentality.

PURPORT

Even if one is in the material mode of passion to create something in the
world, he has to take shelter of the Supreme for the necessary energy.
That is the path of the successful termination of any attempt.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Eighth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Manifestation of Brahma
from Garbhodakasayi Visnu.”
