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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.44

मैत्रेय उवाच तस्मा एवं जगत्स्रष्ट्रे प्रधानपुरुषेश्वर: । व्यज्येदं स्वेन रूपेण कञ्जनाभस्तिरोदधे ॥ ४४ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
tasmā evaṁ jagat-sraṣṭre
[tasmaa evam jagat-srashtre]
pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ
[pradhaana-purusheshvarah]
vyajyedaṁ svena rūpeṇa
[vyajyedam svena roopena]
kañja-nābhas tirodadhe
[kanja-naabhas tirodadhe]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the sage Maitreya said tasmai — unto him evam — thus jagat-sraṣṭre — unto the creator of the universe pradhāna-puruṣa-īśvaraḥ — the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead vyajya idam — after instructing this svena — in His person rūpeṇa — by the form kañja-nābhaḥ — the Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa tirodadhe — disappeared.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the sage Maitreya said
tasmā evaṁ jagat-sraṣṭre
tasmai
unto him
evam
thus
jagat-sraṣṭre
unto the creator of the universe
pradhāna-puruṣeśvaraḥ
pradhāna-puruṣa-īśvaraḥ
the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead
vyajyedaṁ svena rūpeṇa
vyajya idam
after instructing this
svena
in His person
rūpeṇa
by the form
kañja-nābhas tirodadhe
kañja-nābhaḥ
the Personality of Godhead Nārāyaṇa
tirodadhe
disappeared.
The sage Maitreya said: After instructing Brahmā, the creator of the universe, to expand, the primeval Lord, the Personality of Godhead in His personal form as Nārāyaṇa, disappeared.
Purport

Before his activity in creating the universe, Brahmā saw the Lord. That is the explanation of the catuḥ-ślokī Bhāgavatam. When the creation awaited Brahmā’s activity, Brahmā saw the Lord, and therefore the Lord existed in His personal form before the creation. His eternal form is not created by the attempt of Brahmā, as imagined by less intelligent men. The Personality of Godhead appeared as He is before Brahmā, and He disappeared from him in the same form, which is not materially tinged.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Brahmā’s Prayers for Creative Energy.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: The Lord of matter and the jīvas, with lotus navel, showing in this way the universe to be created to Brahmā, then disappeared with his form. Showing this universe to be created (idam sṛjyam), the Lord disappeared with his form as Nārāyaṇa. In the first day of Brahmā (Brāhma-kalpa) the Lord recited the four essential Bhāgavatam verses starting with aham evāsam evāgre. (SB 2.9.32-35) In the Padma-kalpa (the last day of the previous half of Brahmā’s life), the Lord also taught four essential verse in the form of verses 32, 33, 41 and 42 of this chapter. This is the opinion of some. Thus ends the commentary on Ninth Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Ten Ten Types of Creation
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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.
Reflection Questions
  • Where have you been demanding outcomes from a system you did not design?
  • Which 'cosmic' problem are you trying to solve when your actual task is just to play your small part well?
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