Madhya 20.242
TEXT 242
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চত্বারো বাসুদেবাদ্যা নারায়ণনৃসিংহকৌ ।
হয়গ্রীবো মহাক্রোড়ো ব্রহ্মা চেতি নবোদিতাঃ ॥ ২৪২ ॥ catvaro vasudevadya
narayana-nrsimhakau
hayagrivo mahakrodo
brahma ceti navoditah
SYNONYMS
catvarah-four principal protectors; vasudeva-adyah-Vasudeva, Saṅkarsana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha; narayana-including Lord Narayana; nrsimhakau-as well as Lord Nrsimha; hayagrivah-Lord Hayagriva; mahakrodah-Lord Varaha; brahma-Lord Brahma; ca-also; iti-thus; nava-uditah-nine personalities.
TRANSLATION
" 'The nine personalities mentioned are Vasudeva, Saṅkarsana, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Narayana, Nrsimha, Hayagriva, Varaha and Brahma.'
PURPORT
This verse is found in the Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.451). The Brahma mentioned herein is not a living entity. Sometimes, when there is a scarcity of living entities to take charge of Brahma's post, Maha-Visnu expands Himself as Lord Brahma. This Brahma is not considered to be a living entity; He is an expansion of Visnu.
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