Devanagari
मैत्रेय उवाच
तस्मा एवं जगत्स्रष्ट्रे प्रधानपुरुषेश्वर: ।
व्यज्येदं स्वेन रूपेण कञ्जनाभस्तिरोदधे ॥ ४४ ॥
Verse text
maitreya uvāca
tasmā evaṁ jagat-sraṣṭre
pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ
vyajyedaṁ svena rūpeṇa
kaṣja-nābhas tirodadhe
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca
—
the sage Maitreya said
;
tasmai
—
unto him
;
evam
—
thus
;
jagat
—
sraṣṭre — unto the creator of the universe
;
pradhāna
—
puruṣa — īśvaraḥ — the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead
;
vyajya idam
—
after instructing this
;
svena
—
in His person
;
rūpeṇa
—
by the form
;
kaṣja
—
nābhaḥ — the Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa
;
tirodadhe
—
disappeared .
Translation
The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahmā, the creator of the universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His personal form as Nārāyaṇa, disappeared.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Maitreya said: The Lord of matter and the jīvas, with lotus navel, showing in this way the universe to be created to Brahmā, then disappeared with his form.
Showing this universe to be created (idam sṛjyam), the Lord disappeared with his form as Nārāyaṇa. In the first day of Brahmā (Brāhma-kalpa) the Lord recited the four essential Bhāgavatam verses starting with aham evāsam evāgre. (SB 2.9.32-35) In the Padma-kalpa (the last day of the previous half of Brahmā’s life), the Lord also taught four essential verse in the form of verses 32, 33, 41 and 42 of this chapter. This is the opinion of some.
Thus ends the commentary on Ninth Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Ten
Ten Types of Creation
Purport
Before his activity in creating the universe, Brahmā saw the Lord. That is the explanation of the
catuḥ-ślokī Bhāgavatam.
When the creation awaited Brahmā’s activity, Brahmā saw the Lord, and therefore the Lord existed in His personal form before the creation. His eternal form is not created by the attempt of Brahmā, as imagined by less intelligent men. The Personality of Godhead appeared as He is before Brahmā, and He disappeared from him in the same form, which is not materially tinged.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Brahmā’s Prayers for Creative Energy.”