| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.47
yah karanarnava-jale bhajati sma yoga-
nidram ananta-jagad-anda-sa-roma-kupah
adhara-saktim avalambya param sva-murtim
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami
SYNONYMS
yah -- He who; karana-arnava -- of the Causal Ocean; jale -- in the water; bhajati -- enjoys; sma -- indeed; yoga-nidram -- creative sleep; ananta -- unlimited; jagat-anda -- universes; sa -- with; roma-kupah -- the pores of His hair; adhara-saktim -- the all-accommodating potency; avalambya -- assuming; param -- great; sva-murtim -- own subjective form; govindam -- Govinda; adi-purusam -- the original person; tam -- Him; aham -- I; bhajami -- worship.
TRANSLATION
I adore the primeval Lord Govinda who assuming His own great subjective form, who bears the name of Sesa, replete with the all-accommodating potency, and reposing in the Causal Ocean with the infinity of the world in the pores of His hair, enjoys creative sleep [yoga-nidra].
PURPORT
(The subjective nature of Ananta who has the form of the couch of Maha-Visnu, is described.) Ananta, the same who is the infinite couch on which Maha-Visnu reposes, is a distinctive appearance of the Divinity bearing the name of Sesa, having the subjective nature of the servant of Krsna.
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