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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- rūpaṁ yad etad avabodha-rasodayena
- śaśvan-nivṛtta-tamasaḥ sad-anugrahāya
- ādau gṛhītam avatāra-śataika-bījaṁ
- yan-nābhi-padma-bhavanād aham āvirāsam
rūpamform — form; yatwhich — which; etatthat — that; avabodhaof Your internal potency-rasaof Your internal potency — of Your internal potency; udayenawith the manifestation — with the manifestation; śaśvatforever — forever; nivṛttafreed from — freed from; tamasaḥmaterial contamination — material contamination; satfor the sake of the devotees-anugrahāyafor the sake of the devotees — for the sake of the devotees; ādauoriginal in the creative energy of matter — original in the creative energy of matter; gṛhītamaccepted — accepted; avatāraof incarnations — of incarnations; śatathe root cause of hundreds-ekathe root cause of hundreds-bījamthe root cause of hundreds — the root cause of hundreds; yatthat which — that which; nābhithe navel lotus flower-padmathe navel lotus flower — the navel lotus flower; bhavanātfrom the home — from the home; ahammyself — myself; āvirāsamgenerated — generated.
The form which I see is eternally freed from material contamination and has advented to show mercy to the devotees as a manifestation of internal potency. This incarnation is the origin of many other incarnations, and I am born from the lotus flower grown from Your navel home.
The three deities Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara (Śiva), the executive heads of the three modes of material nature (passion, goodness and ignorance), are all generated from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, who is described herein by Brahmā. From the Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, many Viṣṇu incarnations expand at different ages in the duration of the cosmic manifestation. They are expanded only for the transcendental happiness of the pure devotees. The incarnations of Viṣṇu, who appear at different ages and times, are never to be compared to the conditioned souls. The viṣṇu-tattvas are not to be compared to deities like Brahmā and Śiva, nor are they on the same level. Anyone who compares them is called a pāṣaṇḍī, or infidel. Tamasaḥ, mentioned herein, is the material nature, and the spiritual nature has a completely separate existence from tamaḥ. Therefore, spiritual nature is called avabodha-rasa, or avarodha-rasa. Avarodha means "that which completely nullifies." In the Transcendence there is no chance of material contact by any means. Brahmā is the first living being, and therefore he mentions his birth from the lotus flower generated from the abdomen of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.