SB 4.30.7
TEXT 7
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TEXT
पीनायताष्टभुजमण्डलमध्यलक्ष्म्या स्पर्धच्छ्रिया परिवृतो वनमालयाद्यः ।
बर्हिष्मतः पुरुष आह सुतान्प्रपन्नान् पर्जन्यनादरुतया सघृणावलोकः ॥ ७ ॥ pinayatasta-bhuja-manḍala-madhya-laksmya
spardhac-chriya parivrto vana-malayadyaḥ
barhismataḥ purusa aha sutan prapannan
parjanya-nada-rutaya saghrnavalokaḥ
pina-stout; ayata-long; asta-eight; bhuja-arms; manḍala-encirclement; madhya-in the midst of; laksmya-with the goddess of fortune; spardhat-contending; sriya-whose beauty; parivrtaḥ-encircled; vana-malaya-by a flower garland; adyaḥ-the original Personality of Godhead; barhismataḥ-of King Pracinabarhi; purusaḥ-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aha-addressed; sutan-the sons; prapannan-surrendered; parjanya-like a cloud; nada-whose sound; rutaya-by a voice; sa-ghrna-with mercy; avalokaḥ-His glancing.
TRANSLATION
Around the neck of the Personality of Godhead hung a flower garland that reached to His knees. His eight stout and elongated arms were decorated with that garland, which challenged the beauty of the goddess of fortune. With a merciful glance and a voice like thunder, the Lord addressed the sons of King Pracinabarhisat, who were very much surrendered unto Him.
PURPORT
The word adyaḥ in this verse is very significant. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the origin even of Paramatma and Brahman. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:
brahmano hi pratisthaham
amrtasyavyayasya ca sasvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikantikasya ca "And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, imperishable and eternal." (Bg. 14.27)
The Absolute Truth begins not with the impersonal Brahman but with the original Personality of Godhead, Krsna. When Arjuna realized Krsna's greatness, he addressed Him in this way:
arjuna uvaca
param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan purusam sasvatam divyam adi-devam ajam vibhum ahus tvam rsayaḥ sarve
devarsir naradas tatha asito devalo vyasaḥ svayam caiva bravisi me "Arjuna said: You are the Supreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal divine person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty. All the great sages such as Narada, Asita, Devala, and Vyasa proclaim this of You, and now You Yourself are declaring it to me." (Bg. 10.12-13)
The Brahma-samhita also says, anadir adir govindaḥ sarva-karana-karanam: "The Supreme Lord is not caused by anything [anadi], but He is the cause of all causes." The Vedanta-sūtra says, janmady asya yataḥ: "The Absolute Truth is that from which everything emanates." The Absolute Truth is described as adi-purusa. The Absolute Truth is therefore a person and is not impersonal.
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