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| Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation | Chapter 5: The Cause of All Causes |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.6
SYNONYMS
na -- do not; aham -- myself; veda -- know; param -- superior; hi -- for; asmin -- in this world; na -- neither; aparam -- inferior; na -- nor; samam -- equal; vibho -- O great one; nama -- name; rupa -- characteristics; gunaih -- by qualification; bhavyam -- all that is created; sat -- eternal; asat -- temporary; kincit -- or anything like that; anyatah -- from any other source.
TRANSLATION
Whatever we can understand by the nomenclature, characteristics and features of a particular thing -- superior, inferior or equal, eternal or temporary -- is not created from any source other than that of Your Lordship, thou so great.
PURPORT
The manifested world is full of varieties of created beings in others. In human society the human being is considered to be the superior living being, and amongst the human beings there are also different varieties: good, bad, equal, etc. But Narada Muni took for granted that none of them has any source of generation besides his father, Brahmaji. Therefore he wanted to know all about them from Lord Brahma.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness