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TEXT 19
sa ittham udviksya tad-abja-nala-
nadibhir antar-jalam avivesa
narvag-gatas tat-khara-nala-nala-
nabhim vicinvams tad avindatajah
SYNONYMS
sahhe (Brahma); itthamin this way; udviksyacontemplating; tatthat; abjalotus; nalastem; nadibhihby the pipe; antah-jalamwithin the water; avivesaentered into; nanot; arvak-gatahin spite of going inside; tat-khara-nalathe stem of the lotus; nalapipe; nabhimof the navel; vicinvanthinking much of it; tatthat; avindataunderstood; ajahthe self-born.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma, thus contemplating, entered the water through the channel of the stem of the lotus. But in spite of entering the stem and going nearer to the navel of Visnu, he could not trace out the root.
PURPORT
By dint of ones personal endeavor one may go nearer to the Lord, but without the Lords mercy one cannot reach the ultimate point. Such understanding of the Lord is possible only by devotional service, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (18.55): bhaktya mam abhijanati yavan yas casmi tattvatah.
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