TEXT 148
janmady asya yato 'nvayad itaratas carthesv abhijnah svarat
tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye muhyanti yat surayah
tejo-vari-mrdam yatha vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'mrsa
dhamna svena sada nirasta-kuhakam satyam param dhimahi
SYNONYMS
janma-adicreation, maintenance and dissolution; asyaof this (the universe); yatahfrom whom; anvayatdirectly from the spiritual connection; itaratahindirectly from the lack of material contact; caalso; arthesuin all affairs; abhijnahperfectly cognizant; sva-ratindependent; teneimparted; brahmathe Absolute Truth; hrdathrough the heart; yahwho; adi-kavayeunto Lord Brahma; muhyantiare bewildered; yatin whom; surayahgreat personalities like Lord Brahma and other demigods or great brahmanas; tejah-vari-mrdamof fire, water and earth; yathaas; vinimayahthe exchange; yatrain whom; tri-sargahthe material creation of three modes; amrsafactual; dhamnawith the abode; svenaHis own personal; sadaalways; nirasta-kuhakamdevoid of all illusion; satyamthe truth; paramabsolute; dhimahilet us meditate upon.
TRANSLATION
" 'I offer my obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, son of Vasudeva, who is the supreme all-pervading Personality of Godhead. I meditate upon Him, the transcendent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell and by whom they are destroyed. I meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestations and yet is beyond them. It is He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahma, the first created being. Through Him this world, like a mirage, appears real even to great sages and demigods. Because of Him, the material universes, created by the three modes of nature, appear to be factual, although they are unreal. I meditate therefore upon Him, the Absolute Truth, who is eternally existent in His transcendental abode, and who is forever free of illusion.
PURPORT
This is the opening invocation of Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.1).

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