194 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 6

TANS! gal AAT
Wa As AMATI WY: 112811

tam brahma-nirvana-samadhim asritam
vyupasritam girisam yogakaksam
saloka-pala munayo manunam
adyam manum prafjalayah pranemuh

tam—him (Lord Siva); brahma-nirvana—in brahmananda; samadhim—in
trance; asritam—absorbed; vyupasritam—leaning on; girisam—Lord Siva;
yoga-kaksam—having his left knee firmly fixed with a knotted cloth;
saloka-palah—along with the demigods (headed by Indra); munayah—the
sages; manunam—of all thinkers; adyam—the chief; manum—thinker;
pranijalayah—with folded palms; pranemuh—offered respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

All the sages and the demigods, headed by Indra, offered their respect-
ful obeisances unto Lord Siva with folded hands. Lord Siva was dressed
in saffron colored garments and was absorbed in trance, thus appearing to

be the head of all sages.
PURPORT

In this verse the word brahm4ananda is significant. This brahmananda,
or brahma-nirvana, is explained by Prahlada Maharaja. When one is com-
pletely absorbed in the adhoksaja, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who is beyond the sense perception of materialistic persons, this is called
brahmananda.

It is impossible to conceive of the existence, name, form, quality and
pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He is transcen-
dentally situated beyond the conception of materialistic persons. Because
materialists cannot imagine or conceive of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, they may think that God is dead, but factually He is always
existing in His sac-cid-ananda-vigraha, His eternal form. Constant medita-
tion concentrated on the form of the Lord is called samadhi, ecstasy or
trance. Samadhi means particularly concentrated attention, so one who has
achieved the qualification of always meditating on the Personality of
Godhead is to be understood to be always in trance and enjoying brahma-
nirvana or brahmdnanda. Lord Siva exhibited those symptoms, and there-
fore it is stated that he was absorbed in brahmananda.

Another significant word is yogakaksam. Yogakaksam is the sitting
posture in which the left thigh is fixed under one’s tightly knotted saffron
