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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.22
tatra brahmabhavad bhuyas
SYNONYMS
evam -- thus; sarva-atma -- with all souls; sambandham -- related; nabhyam -- from the navel; padmam -- a lotus; hareh -- of Vishnu; abhut -- sprung up; tatra -- there; brahma -- Brahma; abhavat -- was born; bhuyah -- again; catuh-vedi -- versed in the four Vedas; catuh-mukhah -- four-faced.
TRANSLATION
The divine lotus which springs from the navel-pit of Vishnu is in every way related by the spiritual tie with all souls and is the origin of four-faced Brahma versed in the four Vedas.
PURPORT
The same divine lotus originating from the divine person entered into the hidden recess, is the superior plane of aggregation of all individual souls. The four-faced Brahma, the image of self-enjoyment, derives his origin from the prototype Brahma or Hiranyagarbha, the mundane seminal principle, who regards the aggregate of all mundane entities as his own proper body. The delegated godship of Brahma as well as his being the dislocated portion of Krishna, are also established.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness