SB 4.6.40
TEXT 40
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TEXT
स तूपलभ्यागतमात्मयोनिं सुरासुरेशैरभिवन्दिताङ्घ्रिः ।
उत्थाय चक्रे शिरसाभिवन्दनम् अर्हत्तमः कस्य यथैव विष्णुः ॥ ४० ॥ sa tūpalabhyagatam atma-yonim
surasuresair abhivanditahghriḥ
utthaya cakre sirasabhivandanam
arhattamaḥ kasya yathaiva visnuḥ
saḥ-Lord Siva; tu-but; upalabhya-seeing; agatam-had arrived; atma-yonim-Lord Brahma; sura-asura-isaiḥ-by the best of the demigods and demons; abhivandita-ahghriḥ-whose feet are worshiped; utthaya-standing up; cakre-made; sirasa-with his head; abhivandanam-respectful; arhattamaḥ-Vamanadeva; kasya-of Kasyapa; yatha eva-just as; visnuḥ-Visnu.
TRANSLATION
Lord Siva's lotus feet were worshiped by both the demigods and demons, and still, in spite of his exalted position, as soon as he saw that Lord Brahma was there among all the other demigods, immediately he stood up and offered his respect to him by bowing down and touching his lotus feet. This action was like that of Vamanadeva, who offered His respectful obeisances to Kasyapa Muni.
PURPORT
Kasyapa Muni was in the category of the living entities, but he had a transcendental son, Vamanadeva, who was an incarnation of Visnu. Thus although Lord Visnu is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He offered His respects to Kasyapa Muni. Similarly, when Lord Krsna was a child He used to offer His respectful obeisances to His mother and father, Nanda and Yasoda. Also at the Battle of Kuruksetra, Lord Krsna touched the feet of Maharaja Yudhisthira because he was His elder. It appears, then, that the Personality of Godhead, Lord Siva and other devotees, in spite of their being situated in exalted positions, instructed by practical example how to offer obeisances to their superiors. Lord Siva offered his respectful obeisances to Brahma because Brahma was his father, just as Kasyapa Muni was the father of Vamana.
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