Text 23] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 231
tam—Him; upagatam—arrived; dalaksya—after seeing; sarve—all;
sura-gana-adayah—the demigods and _ others; pranemuh—obeisances;
sahasa—immediately ; utthaya—after standing up; brahma—Lord Brahma;
indra—Lord Indra; tryaksa—Lord Siva (who has three eyes); nayakah—
led by.
TRANSLATION
As soon as Lord Visnu was visible, all the demigods—Lord Brahma and
Lord Siva, the Gandharvas and all present there—immediately offered
their respectful obeisances by falling down straight before Him.
PURPORT
It appears that Lord Visnu is the Supreme Lord even of Lord Siva and
Lord Brahma, what to speak of the demigods, Gandharvas and ordinary
living entities. It is stated in a prayer, yarn brahma varunendra-rudra-
marutah: All of them, including the yogis, worship Lord Visnu. Dhyana-
vasthita tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yarh yogino: Yogis concentrate their
minds on the form of Lord Visnu, and thus He is worshipable by all
demigods, all Gandharvas and even by Lord Siva and Lord Brahma.
Tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah: Visnu is therefore the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though Lord Siva was previously
referred to in prayers by Lord Brahma as the Supreme, when Lord Visnu
appeared, Siva also fell prostrated before Him to offer his respectful
obeisances.
TEXT 23
THAN CAVA TATE: TATA: |
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TA varefege TIMETTINTTT 1231
tat-tejasa hata-rucah
sanna-jihvah sa-sadhvasah
murdhna dhrtanjali-puta
upatasthur adhoksajam
tat-tejasa—by the glaring effulgence of His body; hata-rucah—having
faded lusters; sanna-jihvah—having silent tongues; sa-sadhvasah—having
fear of Him; murdhna—with the head; dhrta-afijali-putah—with hands
touched to the head; upatasthuh—prayed; adhoksajam—to Adhoksaja, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
