Canto 7: The Science of GodChapter 3: Hiranyakasipu's Plan to Become Immortal

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 7.3.29

tvam isishe jagatas tasthushas ca

pranena mukhyena patih prajanam

cittasya cittair mana-indriyanam

patir mahan bhuta-gunasayesah

SYNONYMS

tvam -- you; isishe -- actually control; jagatah -- of the moving being; tasthushah -- of the being that is dull or stationed in one place; ca -- and; pranena -- by the living force; mukhyena -- the origin of all activities; patih -- master; prajanam -- of all living entities; cittasya -- of the mind; cittaih -- by the consciousness; manah -- of the mind; indriyanam -- and of the two kinds of senses (acting and knowledge-gathering); patih -- the master; mahan -- great; bhuta -- of the material elements; guna -- and the qualities of the material elements; asaya -- of desires; isah -- the supreme master.

TRANSLATION

Your Lordship, being the origin of the life of this material world, is the master and controller of the living entities, both moving and stationary, and you inspire their consciousness. You maintain the mind and the acting and knowledge-acquiring senses, and therefore you are the great controller of all the material elements and their qualities, and you are the controller of all desires.

PURPORT

In this verse it is clearly indicated that the original source of everything is life. Brahma was instructed by the supreme life, Krishna. Krishna is the supreme living entity (nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam), and Brahma is also a living entity, but the original source of Brahma is Krishna. Therefore Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita (7.7), mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya: "O Arjuna, there is no truth superior to Me." Krishna is the original source of Brahma, who is the original source of this universe. Brahma is a representative of Krishna, and therefore all the qualities and activities of Krishna are also present in Lord Brahma.

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