SB 3.8.17
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 17
- tasmād yugānta-śvasanāvaghūrṇa-
- jalormi-cakrāt salilād virūḍham
- upāśritaḥ kañjam u loka-tattvaṁ
- nātmānam addhāvidad ādi-devaḥ
SYNONYMS
class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tasmāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1">tasmāt — from there; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yuga&tab=syno_o&ds=1">yuga-class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anta&tab=syno_o&ds=1">anta — at the end of the millennium; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śvasana&tab=syno_o&ds=1">śvasana — the air of devastation; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=avaghūrṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1">avaghūrṇa — because of movement; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=jala&tab=syno_o&ds=1">jala — water; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ūrmi&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ūrmi-class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=cakrāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1">cakrāt — out of the circle of waves; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=salilāt&tab=syno_o&ds=1">salilāt — from the water; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=virūḍham&tab=syno_o&ds=1">virūḍham — situated on them; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upāśritaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">upāśritaḥ — having the shelter of; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kañjam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">kañjam — lotus flower; u — in astonishment; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=loka&tab=syno_o&ds=1">loka-class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tattvam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">tattvam — the mystery of creation; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=na&tab=syno_o&ds=1">na — not; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ātmānam&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ātmānam — himself; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=addhā&tab=syno_o&ds=1">addhā — perfectly; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=avidat&tab=syno_o&ds=1">avidat — could understand; class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=ādi&tab=syno_o&ds=1">ādi-class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=devaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1">devaḥ — the first demigod.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā, situated in that lotus, could not perfectly understand the creation, the lotus or himself. At the end of the millennium the air of devastation began to move the water and the lotus in great circular waves.
PURPORT
Lord Brahmā was perplexed about his creation, the lotus and the world, even though he tried to understand them for one millennium, which is beyond calculation in the solar years of human beings. No one, therefore, can know the mystery of the creation and cosmic manifestation simply by mental speculation. The human being is so limited in his capacity that without the help of the Supreme he can hardly understand the mystery of the will of the Lord in terms of creation, continuance and destruction.