🪷 ŚB 2.8.9

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अज: सृजति भूतानि भूतात्मा यदनुग्रहात् ।
दद‍ृशे येन तद्रूपं नाभिपद्मसमुद्भव: ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

ajaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni
bhūtātmā yad-anugrahāt
dadṛśe yena tad-rūpaṁ
nābhi-padma-samudbhavaḥ

Synonyms

ajaḥ — one who is born without a material source; sṛjati — creates; bhūtāni — all those materially born; bhūta-ātmā — having a body of matter; yat — whose; anugrahāt — by the mercy of; dadṛśe — could see; yena — by whom; tat-rūpam — His form of body; nābhi — navel; padma — lotus flower; samudbhavaḥ — being born of.

Translation

Brahmā, who was not born of a material source but of the lotus flower coming out of the navel abdomen of the Lord, is the creator of all those who are materially born. Of course, by the grace of the Lord, Brahmā was able to see the form of the Lord.

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