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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.1.31
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
- chandāṁsy anantasya śiro gṛṇanti
- daṁṣṭrā yamaḥ sneha-kalā dvijāni
- hāso janonmāda-karī ca māyā
- duranta-sargo yad-apāṅga-mokṣaḥ
chandāṁsithe Vedic hymns — the Vedic hymns; anantasyaof the Supreme — of the Supreme; śiraḥthe cerebral passage — the cerebral passage; gṛṇantithey say — they say; daṁṣṭrāḥthe jaws of teeth — the jaws of teeth; yamaḥYamarāja, the director of sinners — Yamarāja, the director of sinners; snehathe art of affection-kalāḥthe art of affection — the art of affection; dvijānithe set of teeth — the set of teeth; hāsaḥsmile — smile; janathe most alluring-unmādathe most alluring-karīthe most alluring — the most alluring; caalso — also; māyāillusory energy — illusory energy; durantaunsurpassable — unsurpassable; sargaḥthe material creation — the material creation; yatwhose glance-apāṅgawhose glance — whose glance; mokṣaḥcasting over — casting over.
They say that the Vedic hymns are the cerebral passage of the Lord, and His jaws of teeth are Yama, god of death, who punishes the sinners. The art of affection is His set of teeth, and the most alluring illusory material energy is His smile. This great ocean of material creation is but the casting of His glance over us.
According to Vedic assertion, this material creation is the result of the Lord's casting a glance over the material energy, which is described herein as the most alluring illusory energy. The conditioned souls who are allured by such materialism should know that the material temporary creation is simply an imitation of the reality and that those who are captivated by such alluring glances of the Lord are put under the direction of the controller of sinners called Yamarāja. The Lord smiles affectionately, displaying His teeth. The intelligent person who can grasp these truths about the Lord becomes a soul fully surrendered unto Him.