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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.31.5

भगवान् पितामहं वीक्ष्य विभूतीरात्मनो विभु: । संयोज्यात्मनि चात्मानं पद्मनेत्रे न्यमीलयत् ॥ ५ ॥
bhagavān pitāmahaṁ vīkṣya
[bhagavaan pitaamaham veekshya]
vibhūtīr ātmano vibhuḥ
[vibhooteer aatmano vibhuh]
saṁyojyātmani cātmānaṁ
[samyojyaatmani chaatmaanam]
padma-netre nyamīlayat
[padma-netre nyameelayat]
Word-for-word
bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead pitāmaham — Lord Brahmā vīkṣya — seeing vibhūtīḥ — the powerful expansions, the demigods ātmanaḥ — His own vibhuḥ — the Almighty Lord saṁyojya — fixing ātmani — in Himself ca — and ātmānam — His consciousness padma-netre — His lotus eyes nyamīlyat — closed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
bhagavān pitāmahaṁ vīkṣya
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
pitāmaham
Lord Brahmā
vīkṣya
seeing
vibhūtīr ātmano vibhuḥ
vibhūtīḥ
the powerful expansions, the demigods
ātmanaḥ
His own
vibhuḥ
the Almighty Lord
saṁyojyātmani cātmānaṁ
saṁyojya
fixing
ātmani
in Himself
ca
and
ātmānam
His consciousness
padma-netre nyamīlayat
padma-netre
His lotus eyes
nyamīlyat
closed.
Seeing before Him Brahmā, the grandfather of the universe, along with the other demigods, who are all His personal and powerful expansions, the Almighty Lord closed His lotus eyes, fixing His mind within Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, Lord Kṛṣṇa had previously answered the prayers of Lord Brahmā and the other demigods, who had requested the Lord to descend within this universe for the protection of His servants, the demigods. Now the demigods arrived before the Lord, each one desiring to take the Lord to his own planet. To avoid these innumerable social obligations, the Lord closed His eyes as if absorbed in samādhi.

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī adds that Lord Kṛṣṇa closed His eyes to instruct the yogīs how to leave this mortal world without attachment to one’s mystic opulences. All the demigods, including Brahmā, are mystic expansions of Lord Kṛṣṇa, and yet the Lord closed His eyes to emphasize that one should fix one’s mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead when departing from this world.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing Brahmā, the grandfather of the universe, along with the other devatās, who were his vibhūtis, the Lord fixed his mind within himself, and closed his eyes.
Personal Guidance
Seeing Brahmā and the demigods — His own expansions — before Him, the Almighty Lord closed His lotus eyes and fixed His mind within Himself. The interior turn precedes departure.
Reflection Questions
  • What practice would help me 'fix my mind within' at the end?
  • What single inner posture am I cultivating?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

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