Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.13.19

sa mām acintayad devaḥ

praśna-pāra-titīrṣayā

tasyāhaḿ haḿsa-rūpeṇa

sakāśam agamaḿ tadā

SYNONYMS

saḥ — he (Lord Brahmā); mām — Me; acintayat — remembered; devaḥ — the original demigod; praśna — of the question; pāra — the end, conclusion (the answer); titīrṣayā — with a desire to attain, understand; tasya — unto him; aham — I; haḿsa-rūpeṇa — in My form of Haḿsa; sakāśam — visible; agamam — became; tadā — at that time.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahmā desired to attain the answer to the question that was puzzling him, and thus he fixed his mind on Me, the Supreme Lord. At that time, in My form of Haḿsa, I became visible to Lord Brahmā.

PURPORT

Haḿsa means "swan," and the specific ability of the swan is to separate a mixture of milk and water, extracting the rich, milky portion. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Haḿsa, or the swan, in order to separate the pure consciousness of Lord Brahmā from the modes of material nature.

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