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| Chapter 5: Hymn to the Absolute Truth |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Brahma-samhitā 5.48
yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya
jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-anda-nāthāh
vishnur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśesho
govindam ādi-purusham tam aham bhajāmi
SYNONYMS
yasya — whose; eka — one; niśvasita — of breath; kālam — time; atha — thus; avalambya — taking shelter of; jīvanti — live; loma-vila-jāh — grown from the hair holes; jagat-anda-nāthāh — the masters of the universes (the Brahmās); vishnuh mahān — the Supreme Lord Mahā-Vishnu; sah — that; iha — here; yasya — whose; kalā-viśeshah — particular plenary portion or expansion; govindam — Govinda; ādi-purusham — the original person; tam — Him; aham — I; bhajāmi — worship.
TRANSLATION
Brahmā and other lords of the mundane worlds, appearing from the pores of hair of Mahā-Vishnu, remain alive as long as the duration of one exhalation of the latter [Mahā-Vishnu]. I adore the primeval Lord Govinda of whose subjective personality Mahā-Vishnu is the portion of portion.
PURPORT
The supreme majesty of the subjective nature of Vishnu is shown here.
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