Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.18

adyaiva tvad rite 'sya kim mama na te māyātvam ādarśitam

eko 'si prathamam tato vraja-suhrid-vatsāh samastā api

tāvanto 'si catur-bhujās tad akhilaih sākam mayopāsitās

tāvanty eva jaganty abhūs tad amitam brahmādvayam śishyate

SYNONYMS

adya — today; eva — just; tvat rite — apart from You; asya — of this universe; kim — what; mama — to me; na — not; te — by You; māyātvam — the basis in Your inconceivable potency; ādarśitam — shown; ekah — alone; asi — You are; prathamam — first of all; tatah — then; vraja-suhrit — Your cowherd boyfriends of Vrindāvana; vatsāh — and the calves; samastāh — all; api — even; tāvantah — of the same number; asi — You became; catuh-bhujāh — four-handed forms of Lord Vishnu; tat — then; akhilaih — by all; sākam — together with; mayā — myself; upāsitāh — being worshiped; tāvanti — of the same number; eva — also; jaganti — universes; abhūh — You became; tat — then; amitam — the unlimited; brahma — Absolute Truth; advayam — one without a second; śishyate — You now remain.

TRANSLATION

Have You not shown me today that both You Yourself and everything within this creation are manifestations of Your inconceivable potency? First You appeared alone, and then You manifested Yourself as all of Vrindāvana's calves and cowherd boys, Your friends. Next You appeared as an equal number of four-handed Vishnu forms, who were worshiped by all living beings, including me, and after that You appeared as an equal number of complete universes. Finally, You have now returned to Your unlimited form as the Supreme Absolute Truth, one without a second.

PURPORT

As stated in the Vedic literature, sarvam khalv idam brahma: everything that exists is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus everything is ultimately part and parcel of the Lord's spiritual existence. By Lord Krishna's causeless mercy, Lord Brahmā personally experienced that all existence, being the potency of God, is nondifferent from Him.

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