Text 24] The Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son 21

purusah prakrti-stho hi
bhurkte prakrtijan gunan

karanam guna-sango ’sya
sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

“The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoy-
ing the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that ma-
terial nature. Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various
species.” (Bg. 13.22) Although the living entity is aloof from the ma-
terial elements, he is put into material conditions, and thus he must
suffer the reactions of material activities.

TEXT 24
sicafifet mi wred aareay |
fawarat fara adits gearafi: tell

aditer dhisthitam garbharm
bhagavantam sanatanam

hiranyagarbho vijfidya
samide guhya-namabhih

aditeh—into the womb of Aditi; dhisthitam—being established;
garbham—pregnancy; bhagavantam—unto the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; sanatanam—who is eternal; hiranyagarbhah—Lord Brahma;
vijndya—knowing this; samide—offered prayers; guhya-nadmabhih—
with transcendental names.

TRANSLATION

When Lord Brahma understood that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead was now within the womb of Aditi, he began to offer
prayers to the Lord by reciting transcendental names.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead exists everywhere (andéntara-
stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham). Therefore when one chants His tran-
scendental names—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/
