380 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 9

kalpa-ante—at the end of the millennium; etat—this universe; akhilam—
all; jafharena—within the belly; grhnan—withdrawing; sete—lies down;
puman—the Supreme Person; sva-drk—looking upon Himself; ananta—the
unlimited being Sega; sakhah--accompanied by; tat-aike—on His lap; yat—
from whose; nabhi—navel; sindhu—ocean; ruha—sprouted; kaficana—golden;
loka—planet; padma—of the lotus; garbhe—on the whorl; dyuwman—Lord
Brahma; bhagavate—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pranatah—
offering obeisances; asmi—| am; tasmai—unto Him.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, at the end of each millennium the Supreme Personality
of Godhead Garbhodakaéayi Visnu dissolves everything manifested within
the universe in His belly. He lies down on the lap of Sesanaga, from His navel
sprouts a golden lotus flower on a stem, and on that lotus Lord Brahma is
created. I can understand that You are the same Supreme Godhead. I
therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

Dhruva Maharaja’s understanding of the Supreme Personality of
Gedhead is complete. In the Vedas it is said, yasmin vijiate sarvam evam
vijndtam bhavanti: knowledge received through the transcendental cause-
less mercy of the Lord is so perfect that by that knowledge the devotee
becomes acquainted with all the different manifestations of the Lord.
Lord Ksirodakagayi Visnu was present before Dhruva Maharaja, who could
also understand the Lord’s two other forms, namely Garbhodakasayi
Visnu and Karanodakagayi (Maha) Visnu. Regarding Maha-Visnu, it is
stated in the Brahma-samhita:

yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya
jivanti loma-vilaja jagadanda-nathah
visnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-viseso
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami (Bs. 5.48)

At the end of each and every millennium, when all the material worlds
are dissolved, everything enters the body of Garbhodakagayi Visnu, who
is lying on the lap of Seganaga, another form of the Lord.

Those who are not devotees cannot understand the different forms of
Visnu and their positions in regard to the creation. Sometimes the
atheists argue, “How can a flower stem sprout from the navel of
