Text 7| Divisions of the Creation 389

tapasa hy edhamanena
vidyaya calma-samsthaya
vivrddha-vijnana-balo
nyapad vayum sahambhasa

tapasa—by penance; hi—certainly; edhamdnena—increasing; vidyaya—
by transcendental knowledge; ca—also; atma—self; samsthaya—situated in
the self; vivrddha—matured; vijnana—practical knowledge; balah—power;
nyapat— drank; vayum—the wind; saha ambhasad—along with the water.

TRANSLATION

Long penance and transcendental knowledge of self-realization matured
Brahma in practical knowledge, and thus he drank the wind completely,
along with the water.

PURPORT

Lord Brahma’s struggle for existence is a personal cxample of the
continued fight between the living entities in the material world and the
illusory energy called maya. Beginning from Brahma down to this age,
the living entitics are struggling with the forces of material nature. By
advanced knowledge in science and transcendental realization, one can try
to control the material energy, which works against our endeavors, and in
the modern age advanced material scientific knowledge and penance have
played very wonderful roles in controlling the powers of the material
energy. Such control of the material energy, however, can be most
successfully carried out if one is a soul surrendered unto the Supreme
Personality of Godhead and carries out His order in the spirit of loving
transcendental service.

TEXT 7

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HAA HHT TATA HTM ALTKTTT II 19 UI

tad vilokya viyadvyapi
puskararh yad-adhisthitam

anena lokan praglinan
kalpitasmity acintayat

tat vilokya—looking into that; viyadvyapi—ecxtensively widespread;
puskaram—the lotus; yat—that which;adhisthitam—he was situated;anena—
