Text 28] Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu 23
PURPORT
Atri Rsi called for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, jagadisvara, the
Lord of the universe. The Lord must exist before the creation, otherwise
how could He be its Lord? If someone constructs a big building, this indi-
cates that he must have existed before the building was constructed. There-
fore the Supreme Lord, the creator of the universe, must be transcenden-
tal to the material modes of nature. But it is known that Visnu takes
charge of the mode of goodness, Brahma takes charge of the mode of
passion, and Lord Siva takes charge of the mode of ignorance. Therefore
Atri Muni said, “That jagadisvara, the Lord of the universe, must be one of
you, but since three of you have appeared, | cannot recognize whom |
have called. You are all so kind. Please let me know who is actually
jagadisvara, the Lord of the universe.” In fact Atri Rsi was doubtful
about the constitutional position of the Supreme Lord Visnu, but he was
quite certain that the Lord of the universe cannot be one of the creatures
created by maya. His very inquiry about whom he called for indicates
that he was in doubt about the constitutional position of the Lord.
Therefore he prayed to all three, “Kindly let me know who is the
transcendental Lord of the universe.” He was, of course, certain that not
all of them could be the Lord, but the Lord of the universe was one of the
three.
TEXT 28
Gat ae AAT ATT.
faratea: TIATATT wi FT YT |
MAMMA ATUTT Ay
ae Tae Herts eT FH RCI
eko mayeha bhagavan vividha-pradhanais
cilti-krtah prajananaya katham nu yuyam
atragatas tanubhrtam manaso ‘pi durad
brita prasidata mahan tha vismayo me
ekah—one;, maya—by me; tha—here; bhagavan—great personality; vivi-
dha—various; pradhanaih—by paraphernalia; citti-krtah—fixed in mind;
prajanandya—for begetting a child; katham—how come; nu—however; yii-
yam—all of you; atra—here; agatah—appeared; tanubhrtam—of the em-
bodied; manasah—the minds; api—although; diirat—from far beyond; briita
—kindly explain; prasidata—being merciful to me; mahdn—very great; iha—
this; vismayah—doubt; me—of mine.
