Text 45] The Harnsa-guhya Prayers 247
“For one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees, devotional
service is guaranteed, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no
servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one
more dear.”
TEXT 45
AM WI WAIT Aaa TAA: |
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frye aa dat waa yfaeat: Wea
brahma bhavo bhavantas ca
manavo vibudhesvarah
vibhiitayo mama hy eta
bhitanam bhiti-hetavah

brahma—Lord Brahma; bhavah—Lord Siva; bhavantah—all of you
prajapatis; ca—and; manavah—the Manus; vibudha-isvarah—all the
different demigods (such as the sun, the moon, Venus, Mars and Jupiter,
who are all in charge of various activities for the welfare of the world);
vibhiitayah—expansions of energy; mama—My; hi—indeed; etah—all
these; bhiitandm—of all the living entities; bhiti—of welfare;
hetavah—causes.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, the Manus, all the other demigods in
the higher planetary systems, and you prajapatis, who are increas-
ing the population, are working for the benefit of all living
entities. Thus you expansions of My marginal energy are
incarnations of My various qualities.

PURPORT

There are various types of incarnations or expansions of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The expansions of His personal self, or visnu-
tattva, are called svdmsa expansions, whereas the living entities, who are
not visnu-tattva but jiva-tattva, are called vibhinnamsa, separated ex-
pansions. Although Prajapati Daksa is not on the same level as Lord
Brahma and Lord Siva, he is compared to them because he engages in the
