CHAPTER NINE
Brahma’s Prayers for Creative Energy

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arasfa asa afarag west
a aT HTT Ta eeTTT
areata anratt Ta Ug

WaIArseacerana tl & Ul

brahmovaca
jiiato ’si me ’dya suciran nanu deha-bhajam
na jiiayate bhagavato gatir ity avadyam
nanyat tvad asti bhagavann api tan na Suddham
maya-guna-vyatikarad yad urur vibhasi

brahma uvaéca—Lord Brahmi said; jidtah—known; asi— You are; me—
by me; adya—today; sucirat—after a long time; nanu—but; deha-bhajam—
of one who has a material body; na—not; jiidyate—is known; bhagavatah—
of the Personality of Godhead; gatih—course; iti—so it is; avadyam—great
offense; na anyat—none beyond; tvat— You; asti—there is; bhagavan—O my
Lord; api—even though there is; tat—anything that may be; na—never;
Suddham—absolute; mayad—material energy; guna-vyatikarat— because of
the mixture of the modes of; yat—to which; uruh—transcendental; vibhasi—
You are.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma said: O my Lord, today, after many, many years of
penance, I have come to know about You. Oh, how unfortunate the
embodied living entities are that they are unable toknow Your personality!
My Lord, You are the only knowable object because there is nothing
supreme beyond Yourself. If there is anything supposedly superior to

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