Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.16.15
ते योगमाययारब्धपारमेष्ठ्यमहोदयम् ।
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te yoga-māyayārabdha-
[te yoga-maayayaarabdha-]
pārameṣṭhya-mahodayam
[paarameshthya-mahodayam]
procuḥ prāñjalayo viprāḥ
[prochuh praanjalayo vipraah]
prahṛṣṭāḥ kṣubhita-tvacaḥ
[prahrishtaah kshubhita-tvachah]
Word-for-word
te
—
those
yoga-māyayā
—
through His internal potency
ārabdha
—
had been revealed
pārameṣṭhya
—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
mahā-udayam
—
multiglories
procuḥ
—
spoke
prāñjalayaḥ
—
with folded hands
viprāḥ
—
the four brāhmaṇas
prahṛṣṭāḥ
—
extremely delighted
kṣubhita-tvacaḥ
—
hair standing on end.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
te yoga-māyayārabdha-
te
those
yoga-māyayā
through His internal potency
ārabdha
had been revealed
pārameṣṭhya-mahodayam
pārameṣṭhya
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
mahā-udayam
multiglories
procuḥ prāñjalayo viprāḥ
procuḥ
spoke
prāñjalayaḥ
with folded hands
viprāḥ
the four brāhmaṇas
prahṛṣṭāḥ kṣubhita-tvacaḥ
prahṛṣṭāḥ
extremely delighted
kṣubhita-tvacaḥ
hair standing on end.
The four brāhmaṇa sages were nevertheless extremely delighted to behold Him, and they experienced a thrill throughout their bodies. They then spoke as follows to the Lord, who had revealed the multiglories of the Supreme Personality through His internal potency, yoga-māyā.
Purport
The sages were almost too puzzled to speak before the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the first time, and the hairs of their bodies stood erect due to their extreme joy. The highest opulence in the material world is called pārameṣṭhya, the opulence of Brahmā. But that material opulence of Brahmā, who lives on the topmost planet within this material world, cannot compare to the opulence of the Supreme Lord because the transcendental opulence in the spiritual world is caused by yoga-māyā, whereas the opulence in the material world is caused by mahā-māyā.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The joyful sages, with folded hands and hairs standing on end, then spoke to the Lord, who had displayed great powers through his yoga-māyā from the beginning.
Considering for a long time whether the Lord favored or condemned them, they concluded that the Lord was pleased with them, and thus they rejoiced. They spoke to the Lord who had revealed great powers by his yoga-māyā from the beginning. If the most powerful Lord who is not dependent on anyone else has criticized us in the form of praise, and we will be punished, then he would say clearly that we brāhmaṇas should fall to hell since we offended his devotees. Considering in this way, their hairs stood on end. Instead of kṣubhita the word kupitā is seen sometimes. This refers to the hair holes, and indicated that the hairs stood on end.
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Personal Guidance
The cosmology here is not abstract scenery — it locates the reader inside a vast, intelligent order. Seeing your tiny role in this design quietly cools the urge to make yourself the centre. The verse anchors this in Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
- What would change in your prayer if you remembered how small your sphere actually is?
- Which 'cosmic' problem are you trying to solve when your actual task is just to play your small part well?
My note
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