Ādi 5.71

TEXT 71

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যস্যৈকনিশ্বসিত-কালমথাবলম্ব্য
জীবন্তি লোমবিলজা জগদণ্ডনাথাঃ ।
বিষ্ণুর্মহান্‌ স ইহ যস্য কলাবিশেষো
গোবিন্দমাদিপুরুষং তমহং ভজামি ॥ ৭১ ॥

yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya

jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah

visnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-viseso

govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami

SYNONYMS

yasya-whose; eka-one; nisvasita-of breath; kalam-time; atha-thus; avalambya-taking shelter of; jivanti-live; loma-vilajah-grown from the hair holes; jagat-anda-nathah-the masters of the universes (the Brahmas); visnuh mahan-the Supreme Lord Maha-Visnu; sah-that; iha-here; yasya-whose; kala-visesah-particular plenary portion or expansion; govindam-Lord Govinda; adi-purusam-the original person; tam-Him; aham-I; bhajami-worship.

TRANSLATION

"The Brahmas and other lords of the mundane worlds appear from the pores of the Maha-Visnu and remain alive for the duration of His one exhalation. I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, for Maha-Visnu is a portion of His plenary portion."

PURPORT

This description of the Lord's creative energy is from the Brahma-samhita (5.48), which Lord Brahma compiled after his personal realization. When Maha-Visnu exhales, the spiritual seeds of the universe emanate from Him in the form of molecular particles like those that are visible, three times the size of an atom, when sunlight is diffused through a small hole. In these days of atomic research it will be a worthwhile engagement for atomic scientists to learn from this statement how the entire universe develops from the spiritual atoms emanating from the body of the Lord.

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