140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 9
smile of sympathy, and by the sweet, nectarean words emanating
from Your beautiful face, free us from the anxiety caused by this
Vrtrasura, who always pains the cores of our hearts.
PURPORT

Lord Brahma is considered the father of the demigods, but Krsna, or
Lord Visnu, is the father of Brahma because Brahma took birth from the
lotus flower growing from the Lord’s abdomen.

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atha bhagavarns tavésmabhir akhila-jagad-utpatti-sthiti-laya-
nimittayamana-divya-may4d-vinodasya sakala-jiva-nikayanam antar-
hrdayesu bahir api ca brahma-pratyag-atma-svariipena pradhana-
ripena ca yatha-desa-kdla-dehavasthana-visesam tad-
updddnopalambhakatayanubhavatah sarva-pratyaya-saksina akasa-
Sarirasya saksat para-brahmanah paramaétmanah kiyan iha vartha-
viseso vijnapaniyah sydd visphulingadibhir iva hiranya-retasah.

atha—therefore; bhagavan—O Lord; tava—of You; asmabhih—by
us; akhila—all; jagat—of the material world; utpatti—of the creation:
sthiti—maintenance; laya—and annihilation; nimittayamaéna—being
the cause; divya-méyd—with the spiritual energy; vinodasya—of You,
who amuse Yourself; sakala—all; jiva-nikayadnadm—of the hordes of liv-
ing entities; antah-hrdayesu—in the cores of the hearts; bahih api—ex-
ternally also; ca—and; brahma—of impersonal Brahman, or the Ab-
solute Truth; pratyak-atma—of the Supersoul; sva-nipena—by Your
forms; pradhana-riipena—by Your form as the external ingredients;
ca—also; yatha—according to; desa-kdla-deha-avasthana—of country,
time, body and position; wvisesam—the particulars; tat—of them:
