Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Brahma-samhita 5.48

yasyaika-nisvasita-kalam athavalambya

jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah

vishnur mahan sa iha yasya kala-visesho

govindam adi-purusham tam aham bhajami

SYNONYMS

yasya -- whose; eka -- one; nisvasita -- of breath; kalam -- time; atha -- thus; avalambya -- taking shelter of; jivanti -- live; loma-vila-jah -- grown from the hair holes; jagat-anda-nathah -- the masters of the universes (the Brahmas); vishnuh mahan -- the Supreme Lord Maha-Vishnu; sah -- that; iha -- here; yasya -- whose; kala-viseshah -- particular plenary portion or expansion; govindam -- Govinda; adi-purusham -- the original person; tam -- Him; aham -- I; bhajami -- worship.

TRANSLATION

Brahma and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Maha-Vishnu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Maha-Vishnu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Maha-Vishnu is the portion of portion.

PURPORT

The supreme majesty of the subjective nature of Vishnu is shown here.

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