166 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5

Concerning ajitasya padam, the abode of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead in the milk ocean of this material world, Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura says: padam ksirodadhi-stha-svetadvipam tamasah
prakrteh param. The island known as Svetadvipa, which is in the ocean
of milk, is transcendental. It has nothing to do with this material world.
A city government may have a rest house where the governor and impor-
tant government officers stay. Such a rest house is not an ordinary house.
Similarly, although Svetadvipa, which is in the ocean of milk, is in this
material world, it is param padam, transcendental.

TEXT 25
TAGE BIT F Ty: |
wafaa eaifaitfiteraearaa: 14!
tatradrsta-svariipaya
Sruta-piirvaya vai prabhuh
stutim abriita daivibhir
girbhis tv avahitendriyah ‘

tatra—there (at the Lord’s abode known as Svetadvipa); adrsta-
svariipaya—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was not seen
even by Lord Brahma; Sruta-piirvéya—but who was heard about from
the Vedas; vai—indeed; prabhuh—Lord Brahma; stutim—prayers
derived from Vedic literature; abriitta—performed; daivibhih—by
prayers mentioned in the Vedic literature or offered by persons strictly
following Vedic principles; girbhih—by such sound vibrations or songs;
tu—then; avahita-indriyah—fixed in mind, without deviation.

TRANSLATION

There [at Svetadvipal, Lord Brahma offered prayers to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, even though he had never seen
the Supreme Lord. Simply because Lord Brahma had heard about
the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Vedic literature, with a
fixed mind he offered the Lord prayers as written or approved by
Vedic literature.
