Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.9.44

maitreya uvaca

tasma evam jagat-srashtre

pradhana-purushesvarah

vyajyedam svena rupena

kanja-nabhas tirodadhe

SYNONYMS

maitreyah uvaca -- the sage Maitreya said; tasmai -- unto him; evam -- thus; jagat-srashtre -- unto the creator of the universe; pradhana-purusha-isvarah -- the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead; vyajya idam -- after instructing this; svena -- in His person; rupena -- by the form; kanja-nabhah -- the Personality of Godhead Narayana; tirodadhe -- disappeared.

TRANSLATION

The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahma, the creator of the universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His personal form as Narayana, disappeared.

PURPORT

Before his activity in creating the universe, Brahma saw the Lord. That is the explanation of the catuh-sloki Bhagavatam. When the creation awaited Brahma's activity, Brahma saw the Lord, and therefore the Lord existed in His personal form before the creation. His eternal form is not created by the attempt of Brahma, as imagined by less intelligent men. The Personality of Godhead appeared as He is before Brahma, and He disappeared from him in the same form, which is not materially tinged.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled "Brahma's prayers for Creative Energy."

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