262 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 7

yourself; bhiiman—O great one; brahma-visnu-Siva-abhidham—as

Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu or Lord Siva.

TRANSLATION

O lord, you are self-effulgent and supreme. You create this ma-
terial world by your personal energy, and you assume the names
Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara when you act in creation, mainte-
nance and annihilation.

PURPORT

This prayer is actually offered to Lord Visnu, the purusa, who in His
incarnations as the guna-avatdras assumes the names Brahma, Visnu
and Mahe§svara.

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tvarn brahma paramam guhyam
sad-asad-bhava-bhavanam
ndnd-saktibhir abhatas
tvam atma jagad-isvarah

tvam—Your Lordship; brahma—impersonal Brahman; paramam—
supreme; guhyam—confidential; sat-asat-bhava-bhdvanam—the cause
of varieties of creation, its cause and effect; nana-saktibhih—with
varieties of potencies; abhatah—manifest; tvam—you are; dtma—the
Supersoul; jagat-isvarah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

You are the cause of all causes, the self-effulgent, inconceivable,
impersonal Brahman, which is originally Parabrahman. You
manifest various potencies in this cosmic manifestation.

PURPORT

This prayer is offered to the impersonal Brahman, which consists of
the effulgent rays of Parabrahman. Parabrahman is the Supreme Per-
