Text 10] King Sudyumna Becomes a Womar. 4
PURPORT
Taking the proper position from which to describe the dynasty of
Manu, Sukadeva Gosvami begins by saying that when the entire world is
inundated, only the Supreme Personality of Godhead exists, and nothing
else. Sukadeva Gosvami will now describe how the Lord creates other
things, one after another.
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TA ATH THAT THACATT FATHT: |
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afaast FEIT = AAAATA: II 8 II
tasya nabheh samabhavat
padma-koso hiranmayah
tasmin jajrie mahdrdja
svayambhis catur-dnanah
tasya—of Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nabheh—from
the navel; samabhavat—generated; padma-kosah—a lotus; hiran-
mayah—known as Hiranmaya, or golden; tasmin—on that golden lotus;
Jajne—appeared; mahdrdja—O King; svayambhih—one who is self-
manifested, who takes birth without a mother; catuwh-dnanah—with
four heads.
TRANSLATION
O King Pariksit, from the navel of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced
Lord Brahma took his birth.
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TOMAR Tt TAT AIT |
STAI TAS leat TAA aA? 112 oll
maricir manasas tasya
Jajrie tasyapi kasyapah
daksdyanyam tato ‘dityarn
vivasvan abhavat sutah
