FolioCorpusŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.17.34

स वै भवानात्मविनिर्मितं जगद् भूतेन्द्रियान्त:करणात्मकं विभो । संस्थापयिष्यन्नज मां रसातला- दभ्युज्जहाराम्भस आदिसूकर: ॥ ३४ ॥
sa vai bhavān ātma-vinirmitaṁ jagad
[sa vai bhavaan aatma-vinirmitam jagad]
bhūtendriyāntaḥ-karaṇātmakaṁ vibho
[bhootendriyaantah-karanaatmakam vibho]
saṁsthāpayiṣyann aja māṁ rasātalād
[samsthaapayishyann aja maam rasaatalaad]
abhyujjahārāmbhasa ādi-sūkaraḥ
[abhyujjahaaraambhasa aadi-sookarah]
Word-for-word
saḥ — He vai — certainly bhavān — Yourself ātma — by Yourself vinirmitam — manufactured jagat — this world bhūta — the physical elements indriya — senses antaḥ-karaṇa — mind, heart ātmakam — consisting of vibho — O Lord saṁsthāpayiṣyan — maintaining aja — O unborn mām — me rasātalāt — from the Plutonic region abhyujjahāra — took out ambhasaḥ — from the water ādi — original sūkaraḥ — the boar.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa vai bhavān ātma-vinirmitaṁ jagad
saḥ
He
vai
certainly
bhavān
Yourself
ātma
by Yourself
vinirmitam
manufactured
jagat
this world
bhūtendriyāntaḥ-karaṇātmakaṁ vibho
bhūta
the physical elements
indriya
senses
antaḥ-karaṇa
mind, heart
ātmakam
consisting of
vibho
O Lord
saṁsthāpayiṣyann aja māṁ rasātalād
saṁsthāpayiṣyan
maintaining
aja
O unborn
mām
me
rasātalāt
from the Plutonic region
abhyujjahārāmbhasa ādi-sūkaraḥ
abhyujjahāra
took out
ambhasaḥ
from the water
ādi
original
sūkaraḥ
the boar.
My dear Lord, You are always unborn. Once, in the form of the original boar, You rescued me from the waters in the bottom of the universe. Through Your own energy You created all the physical elements, the senses and the heart, for the maintenance of the world.
Purport

This refers to the time when Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as the supreme boar, Varāha, and rescued the earth, which had been merged in water. The asura Hiraṇyākṣa had dislocated the earth from its orbit and thrown it beneath the waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean. Then the Lord, in the shape of the original boar, rescued the earth.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! You, in the form of a boar, lifted from the water below Rasātala this universe, which is me, consisting of elements, senses and mind, and which was created by you. She invokes his mercy upon herself by letting the Lord remember his previous actions in two verses.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
As the original boar You once rescued me from cosmic waters; You created elements, senses and heart for the world's maintenance. The Lord who threatens me is the same Lord who once saved me; the dual memory is the way to navigate this moment.
Reflection Questions
  • Which person whose anger I now face is also the one who once rescued me?
  • Where could remembering past rescue change how I receive current threat?
📝 My note

Source: vedabase.io

← Read full Chapter 17