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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.35
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 35
- ṛṣim ādyaṁ na badhnāti
- pāpīyāṁs tvāṁ rajo-guṇaḥ
- yan mano mayi nirbaddhaṁ
- prajāḥ saṁsṛjato 'pi te
ṛṣimunto the great sage — unto the great sage; ādyamthe first of the kind — the first of the kind; nanever — never; badhnātiencroaches — encroaches; pāpīyānvicious — vicious; tvāmyou — you; rajaḥthe material mode of passion-guṇaḥthe material mode of passion — the material mode of passion; yatbecause — because; manaḥmind — mind; mayiin Me — in Me; nirbaddhamcompact in — compact in; prajāḥprogeny — progeny; saṁsṛjataḥgenerating — generating; apiin spite of — in spite of; teyour — your.
You are the original ṛṣi, and because your mind is always fixed on Me, even though you will be engaged in generating various progeny, the vicious mode of passion will never encroach upon you.
The same assurance is given to Brahmā in the (Second Canto, Chapter Nine, verse 36, Available in the library). Being so favored by the Lord, Brahmā's schemes and plans are all infallible. If sometimes Brahmā is seen to be bewildered, as, in the Tenth Canto, he is bewildered by seeing the action of the internal potency, that is also for his further advancement in transcendental service. Arjuna is found to be similarly bewildered. All such bewilderment of the pure devotees of the Lord is specifically meant for their further advancement in knowledge of the Lord.