Text 22] The Demigods Appeal to the Lord 157

TAMATTAHSTasia
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aham bhavo yiiyam atho ’suradayo
manusya-tiryag-druma-gharma-jdtayah
yasyavataramsa-kala-visarjita
vrajama sarve Saranam tam avyayam

aham—I; bhavah—Lord Siva; yityam—all of you demigods; atho—
as well as; aswra-Gdayah—demons and others; manusya—the human
beings; tiryak—the animals; druma—the trees and plants; gharma-
Jatayah—as well as the insects and germs born of perspiration; yasya—
of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) ; avatara—of the purusa
incarnation; arisa—of His part and parcel, the guna-avatara, Brahma;
kala—of Brahma’s sons; visarjitah—produced by the generation; vra-
Jama—vwe shall go; sarve—all of us; Saranam—unto the shelter; tam—
unto the Supreme; avyayam—the inexhaustible.

TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma said: I, Lord Siva, all of you demigods, the

demons, the living entities born of perspiration, the living beings
born of eggs, the trees and plants sprouting from the earth, and
the living entities born from embryos—all come from the
Supreme Lord, from His incarnation of rajo-guna [Lord Brahma,
the guna-avatara] and from the great sages [rsis] who are part of
me. Let us therefore go to the Supreme Lord and take shelter of

His lotus feet.
PURPORT

Some creatures are born from embryos, some from perspiration, and
some from seeds. In this way, all living entities emanate from the guna-
avatara of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ultimately, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is the shelter of all living entities.

TEXT 22

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