Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.13.19
స మామచిన్తయద్ దేవ: ప్రశ్నపారతితీర్షయా ।
తస్యాహం హంసరూపేణ సకాశమగమం తదా ॥ ౧౯ ॥
sa mām acintayad devaḥ
[sa maam achintayad devah]
praśna-pāra-titīrṣayā
[prashna-paara-titeershayaa]
tasyāhaṁ haṁsa-rūpeṇa
[tasyaaham hamsa-roopena]
sakāśam agamaṁ tadā
[sakaasham agamam tadaa]
Word-for-word
saḥ
—
he (Lord Brahmā)
mām
—
Me
acintayat
—
remembered
devaḥ
—
the original demigod
praśna
—
of the question
pāra
—
the end, conclusion (the answer)
titīrṣayā
—
with a desire to attain, understand
tasya
—
unto him
aham
—
I
haṁsa-rūpeṇa
—
in My form of Haṁsa
sakāśam
—
visible
agamam
—
became
tadā
—
at that time.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa mām acintayad devaḥ
saḥ
he (Lord Brahmā)
mām
Me
acintayat
remembered
devaḥ
the original demigod
praśna-pāra-titīrṣayā
praśna
of the question
pāra
the end, conclusion (the answer)
titīrṣayā
with a desire to attain, understand
tasyāhaṁ haṁsa-rūpeṇa
tasya
unto him
aham
I
haṁsa-rūpeṇa
in My form of Haṁsa
sakāśam agamaṁ tadā
sakāśam
visible
agamam
became
tadā
at that time.
Lord Brahmā desired to attain the answer to the question that was puzzling him, and thus he fixed his mind on Me, the Supreme Lord. At that time, in My form of Haṁsa, I became visible to Lord Brahmā.
Purport
Haṁsa means “swan,” and the specific ability of the swan is to separate a mixture of milk and water, extracting the rich, milky portion. Similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared as Haṁsa, or the swan, in order to separate the pure consciousness of Lord Brahmā from the modes of material nature.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Lord Brahmā, desiring the answer to the question, fixed his mind on me. At that time, in my form of Haṁsa, I became visible to Lord Brahmā.
Just as the swan can separate milk from water, I can separate the consciousness from the guṇas. This is implied by the word “swan.”
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