TEXT 10
om namo bhagavate tubhyam
purusaya mahatmane
haraye dbhuta-simhaya
brahmane paramatmane
SYNONYMS
omO my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead; namahI offer my respectful obeisances; bhagavateunto the Supreme Person; tubhyamunto You; purusayaunto the Supreme Person; maha-atmaneunto the Supreme Soul, or the Supersoul; harayeunto the Lord, who vanquishes all the miseries of devotees; adbhuta-simhayaunto Your wonderful lionlike form as Nrsimhadeva; brahmaneunto the Supreme Brahman; parama-atmaneunto the Supreme Soul.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, full of six opulences, O Supreme Person! O Supreme Soul, killer of all miseries! O Supreme Person in the form of a wonderful lion and man, let me offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
In the previous verse Prahlada Maharaja has explained that a devotee can achieve the platform of bhagavattva, being as good as the Supreme Person, but this does not mean that the devotee loses his position as a servant. A pure servant of the Lord, although as opulent as the Lord, is still meant to offer respectful obeisances to the Lord in service. Prahlada Maharaja was engaged in pacifying the Lord, and therefore he did not consider himself equal to the Lord. He defined his position as a servant and offered respectful obeisances unto the Lord.
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