22 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 1
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celas tat-pravanam yufijann
astavit samhatanijalih
slaksnaya suktaya vaca
sarvaloka-gariyasah
atrir uvaca
visvodbhave-sthiti-layesu vibhajyamdnair
maya-gunair anuyugam vigrhita-dehah
te brahma-visnu-girisah pranato ’smy aham vas
tebhyah ka eva bhavatam ma ihopahutah
cetah—heart; tat-pravanam—fixing on them; yufijan—making; astavit—
offered prayers; samhata-anjalih— with folded hands; slaksnaya— ecstatic;
suklaya— prayers; vaca—words; sarva-loka—all over the world; gariyasah—
honorable;atrih uvaca—Atri said; vigsva—the universe; udbhava—creation;
sthiti- maintenance; layesu—in destruction; vibhajyamanaih—being divided;
maya-gunaih—by the external modes of nature; anuyugam—according to
different millenniums; vigrhita—accepted; dehah—bodies; te—they; brahma
—Lord Brahma; visnu—Lord Visnu; girisah—Lord Siva; pranatah—bowed;
asmi—am; aham—}; vah--unto you; tebhyah—from them; kah—who; eva—
certainly; bhavatam—of you; me—by me; tha—here; upahiitah—called for.
TRANSLATION
But since his heart was already attracted by the deities, somehow or
other he gathered his senses, and with folded hands and sweet words he
began to offer prayers to the predominating deities of the universe. The
great sage Atri said: O Lord Brahma, Lord Vignu and Lord Siva, you have
divided yourself into three bodies by accepting the three modes of materi-
al nature, as you do in every millennium for the creation, maintenance and
dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. | offer my respectful obeisances
unto all of you and beg to inquire whom of you three I have called by my
prayer.
