Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.1.21
తప్యమానం త్రిభువనం ప్రాణాయామైధసాగ్నినా ।
నిర్గతేన మునేర్మూర్ధ్న: సమీక్ష్య ప్రభవస్త్రయ: ॥ ౨౧ ॥
tapyamānaṁ tri-bhuvanaṁ
[tapyamaanam tri-bhuvanam]
prāṇāyāmaidhasāgninā
[praanaayaamaidhasaagninaa]
nirgatena muner mūrdhnaḥ
[nirgatena muner moordhnah]
samīkṣya prabhavas trayaḥ
[sameekshya prabhavas trayah]
Word-for-word
tapyamānam
—
while practicing austerities
tri-bhuvanam
—
the three worlds
prāṇāyāma
—
practice by breathing exercise
edhasā
—
fuel
agninā
—
by the fire
nirgatena
—
issuing out
muneḥ
—
of the great sage
mūrdhnaḥ
—
the top of the head
samīkṣya
—
looking over
prabhavaḥ trayaḥ
—
the three great gods (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tapyamānaṁ tri-bhuvanaṁ
tapyamānam
while practicing austerities
tri-bhuvanam
the three worlds
prāṇāyāmaidhasāgninā
prāṇāyāma
practice by breathing exercise
edhasā
fuel
agninā
by the fire
nirgatena muner mūrdhnaḥ
nirgatena
issuing out
muneḥ
of the great sage
mūrdhnaḥ
the top of the head
samīkṣya prabhavas trayaḥ
samīkṣya
looking over
prabhavaḥ trayaḥ
the three great gods (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara).
While Atri Muni was engaged in these severe austerities, a blazing fire came out of his head by virtue of his breathing exercise, and that fire was seen by the three principal deities of the three worlds.
Purport
According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, the fire of prāṇāyāma is mental satisfaction. That fire was perceived by the Supersoul, Viṣṇu, and thereby Lord Brahmā and Śiva also perceived it. Atri Muni, by his breathing exercise, concentrated on the Supersoul, or the Lord of the universe. As confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, the Lord of the universe is Vāsudeva ( vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti ), and, by the direction of Vāsudeva, Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva work. Therefore, on the direction of Vāsudeva, both Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva perceived the severe penance adopted by Atri Muni, and thus they were pleased to come down, as stated in the next verse.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, spreading great fame, seeing that the three worlds, like fuel, were burning because of the fire emanating from the sage’s head by the fire of prāṇāyāma, went to his hermitage along with Gandharvas, Siddhas Vidyādharas and the Nāgas.
The three deities saw the three worlds, fuel for his prāṇāyāma, burn up by the fire of penance coming from the sage’s head. It is understood that he stood there doing prāṇāyāma. This is related the description in verse 19: controlling the mind by prāṇāyāma, he stood there. This is a simultaneous action as when saying “Jingling, the anklet fell off,” or “While closing his eyes, he laughed.”
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