Text 44] Brahma’s Prayers for Creative Energy 383
sarva-veda-mayenedam
atmana”’tma’’tma-yonina
prajah srja yatha-purvam
yas ca mayy anuserate
sarva—all; veda-mayena—under complete Vedic wisdom; idam—this;
atmana—by the body ;atma— you;atma-yonina— directly born of the Lord;
prajah—living entities; srja—generate; yatha-purvam—as it was hereinbefore;
yah—which; ca—also; mayi—in Me; anuserate—lie.
TRANSLATION
By following My instructions you can now generate the living entities as
before, by dint of your complete Vedic wisdom and the body that you
have directly received from Me, the supreme cause of everything.
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AAT Sara
TH TF TIAL TaATwIAT: |
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SISA TA SIT HAART Uvvll
maitreya uvaca
tasma evam jagat-srastre
pradhana-purusesvarah
vyajyedam svena rupena
kaiija-nabhas tirodadhe
maitreyah uvaca—the sage Maitreya said; tasmai—unto him; evam—thus;
Jagat-srastre—unto the creator of the universe; pradhana-purusa-isvarah—
the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead; vyajya idam—after in-
structing this; svena—in His person; riipena—by the form; kafija-nabhah—
the Personality of Godhead Narayana; tirodadhe—disappeared.
TRANSLATION
The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahma, the creator of the
universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His
personal form as Narayana, disappeared.
PURPORT
Before his activity in creating the universe, Brahma saw the Lord. That
is the explanation of the Catuh-slokt Bhagavatam. When the creation
