Text 31] Lord Siva Saves the Universe 269
yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv aSesa-vasudhadi-vibhiti-bhinnam
tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhitam
govindam 4di-purusari tam ahari bhajami
“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great
power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the imper-
sonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which
displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences,
in millions and millions of universes.”’ Although the impersonal feature
of the Absolute is an expansion of the rays of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, He does not need to take care of the impersonalists who enter
the brahmajyoti. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (9.4), maya tatam idarn
sarvam jagad avyakta-mirtina: “In My impersonal feature I pervade
this entire universe.” Thus the avyakta-mirti, the impersonal feature, is
certainly an expansion of Krsna’s energy. Mayavadis, who prefer to
merge into this Brahman effulgence, worship Lord Siva. The mantras
referred to in text 29 are called mukhani paficopanisadas tavesa.
Mayavadis take all these mantras seriously in worshiping Lord Siva.
These mantras are as follows: (1) tat purusdya vidmahe Santyai,
(2) maha-devaya dhimahi vidyayai, (3) tan no rudrah pratisthayai,
(4) pracodayat dhrtyai, (5) aghorebhyas tama..., (6) atha
ghorebhyo moha..., (7) aghorebhyo raksa@..., (8) aghoratarebhyo
nidra..., (9) sarvebhyah sarva-vyddhyai, (10) sarva-sarvebhyo
mrtyave, (11) namas te ‘stu ksudha..., (12) rudra-ripebhyas
trsnd..., (13) vamadevéya rajad..., (14) jyesthaya svaha...,
(15) Sresthaya ratyai, (16) rudraya kalyanyai, (17) kalaya kama... ,
(18) kala-vikaranéya sandhinyai, (19) bala-vikaranaya kriyd...,
(20) balaya vrddhyai, (21) balacchaya..., (22) pramathanéya
dhatryai, (23) sarva-bhiita-damanadya bhradmanyai, (24) manah-
Sosinyai, (25) unmandya jvara..., (26) sadyojatarh prapadyami sid-
dhyai, (27) sadyojataya vai namah rddhyai, (28) bhave dityai,
(29) abhave laksmyai, (30) natibhave medha..., (31) bhajasva mam
kantyai, (32) bhava svadha..., (33) udbhavaéya prabha...,
(34) isénah sarva-vidyénam Sasinyai, (35) isvarah sarva-bhiitanam
abhaya-dé..., (36) brahmédhipatir brahmanodhipatir brahman
brahmesta-da . . . (37) Sivo me astu maricyai, (38) saddsivah jvalinyai.
