358 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 9
TRANSLATION
Your Lordship, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You who are
indefatigable time and the enjoyer of all sacrifices. Although I am
situated in an abode which will continue to exist for a time duration of
two parardhas, although I am the leader of all other planets in the
universe, and although I have undergone many, many years of penance
for self-realization, still I offer my respects unto You.
PURPORT
Brahma is the greatest personality in the universe because he has the
longest duration of life. He is the most respectable personality because of
his penance, influence, prestige, etc., and still he has to offer his respectful
obeisances unto the Lord. Therefore, it is incumbent upon all others, who
are far, far below the standard of Brahma, to do as he did and offer
respects as a matter of duty.
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RA AA ATTA TOT AANA 1128
tiryan-manus ya-vibudhadisu jiva-yonisv
atmecchayatma-krta-setu-paripsaya yah
reme nirasta-visayo ‘py avaruddha-dehas
tasmai namo bhagavate purusottamaya
tiryaiic— animals lower than human beings; manus ya—human beings, etc.;
vibudha-adisu—amongst the demigods; jiva-yonisu—in different species of
life; atma—self; icchaya—by the will; atma-krta—self-created; setu—obliga-
tions; paripsaya—desiring to preserve; yah—who; reme—performing tran-
scendental pastimes; nirasta—not being affected; visayah— material contami-
nation; api—certainly; avaruddha—manifested; dehah—transcendental body;
tasmai—unto Him; namah—my obeisances; bhagavate—unto the Personali-
ty of Godhead; purusottamaya—the primeval Lord.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, by Your own will You appear in the various species of
living entities, among animals lower than human beings as well as among
