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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Brahma-samhitā 5.22
tatra brahmābhavad bhūyaś
SYNONYMS
evam — thus; sarva-ātma — with all souls; sambandham — related; nābhyām — from the navel; padmam — a lotus; hareh — of Vishnu; abhūt — sprung up; tatra — there; brahmā — Brahmā; abhavat — was born; bhūyah — again; catuh-vedī — 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 Brahmā 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 Brahmā, the image of self-enjoyment, derives his origin from the prototype Brahmā or Hiranyagarbha, the mundane seminal principle, who regards the aggregate of all mundane entities as his own proper body. The delegated godship of Brahmā as well as his being the dislocated portion of Krishna, are also established.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness