Text 53] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 269

brahma-rudrau ca bhutani
bhedenajiio ‘nupasyati

lasmin—Him; brahmani—the Supreme Brahman; adviliye—without a
second; kevale—being one; paramalmani—the Supersoul; brahma-rudrau—
both Brahma and Siva; ca—and; bhitani—the living entities; bhedena—with
separation; ajiah—one who is not properly conversant; anupasyali— thinks.

TRANSLATION

The Lord continued: One who is not in proper knowledge thinks that
demigods like Brahma and Siva are independent, or he even thinks that the
living entities are independent.

PURPORT

The living entities, including Brahma, are not independently separated,
but are counted within the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord. The
Supreme Lord, being the Supersoul in every living entity, including Lord
Brahma and Lord Siva, is directing everyone in the activities of the material
modes of nature. No one can act independently of the sanction of the
Lord, and therefore, indirectly, no one is different from the Supreme
Person, and certainly Brahma and Rudra, who are incarnations of the
material modes of nature, passion and ignorance, are not.

TEXT 53

TA TAR ATHY rere Ba |
UNS Fed TH YAY AE 42M

yatha puman na svangesu
Sirah-pany-adisu kvacit

parakya-buddhim kurule
evam bhulesu mat-parah

yalha—as; puman—a person; na—nol; sva-angesu—in his own body;
Strah-pani-adisu—between the head and the hands and other parts of the
body; kvacit— sometimes; parak ya-buddhim—ditferentiation; kurule—make;
evam—thus; bhulesu—among living entities; mal-parah—My devotee.

TRANSLATION

A person with average intelligence does not think the head and other
parts of the bedy to be separate. Similarly, he does not differentiate Visnu,
