Text 42] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1077

of Godhead. Without being benedicted by Krsna, one cannot offer bene-
diction to anyone else. The word manave, meaning “unto the supreme
Manu,” is also significant. The supreme Manu in Vedic literature is
Svayambhuva Manu, who is an incarnation of Krsna. All the Manus
are empowered incarnations of Krsna (manvantara-avatara). There are
fourteen Manus in one day of Brahma, 420 in one month, 5,040 in one
year, and 504,000 Manus in the lifetime of Brahma. Since all the Manus
are directors of human society, ultimately Krsna is the supreme director of
human society. In another sense, the word manave indicates the perfection
of all kinds of mantras. The mantra delivers the conditioned soul from his
bondage; so simply by chanting the mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna
Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, one
can gain deliverance from any condition.

Karanatmane: everything has a cause. The theory of chance is repudiated
in this verse. Because everything has its cause, there is no question of
chance. Because so-called philosophers and scientists are unable to find
the real cause, they foolishly say that everything happens by chance. In
Brahma-samhita Krsna is described as the cause of all causes; therefore He
is addressed herein as karanatmane. His very personality is the original
cause of everything, the root of everything and the seed of everything. As
described in the Veddnta-sitra, janmady asya yatah (1.1.2): the Absolute
Truth is the supreme cause of all emanations.

The word sankhya-yogesvaraya is also significant herein, for Krsna is
described in Bhagavad-gita as Yogesvara, the master of all mystic powers.
Without possessing inconceivable mystic powers, one cannot be accepted
as God. In this age of Kali, those who have a little fragmental portion of
mystic power claim to be God, but such pseudo-Gods can only be accepted
as fools, for only Krsna is the Supreme Person who possesses all mystic
and yogic perfections. The sankhya-yoga system popular at the present
moment was propounded by the atheist Kapila, but the original sankhya-
yoga system was propounded by an incarnation of Krsna also named
Kapila, the son of Devahuti. Similarly, Dattatreya, another incarnation of
Krsna, also explained the sankhya-yoga system. Thus Krsna is the origin of
all sankhya-yoga systems and mystic yoga powers.

The words puranaya purusaya are also worthy of special attention. In
Brahma-samhita, Krsna is accepted as the adi-purusa, the original person,
or the original enjoyer. In Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krsna is also accepted as
purana-purusa, the oldest person. Although He is the oldest of all per-
sonalities, He is also the youngest of all, or nava-yauvana. Another
significant word is dharmaya. Since Krsna is the original propounder of all
kinds of religious principles, it is said: dharmam tu saksad bhagavat-
