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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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सर्वं ह्येतद्भवान्वेद भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुः करामलकवद्विश्वं विज्ञानावसितं तव
sarvaṁ hy etad bhavān veda bhūta-bhavya-bhavat-prabhuḥ karāmalaka-vad viśvaṁ vijñānāvasitaṁ tava
WORD BY WORD
sarvam all and everything; hi certainly; etat this; bhavān your good self; veda know; bhūta all that is created or born; bhavya all that will be created or born; bhavat all that is being created; prabhuḥ you, the master of everything; kara-āmalaka-vat just like a walnut within your grip; viśvam the universe; vijñāna-avasitam within your knowledge scientifically; tava your;
TRANSLATION
| My dear father, all this is known to you scientifically because whatever was created in the past, whatever will be created in the future, or whatever is being created at present, as well as everything within the universe, is within your grip, just like a walnut.
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PURPORT
| Brahmā is the direct creator of the manifested universe and everything within the universe. He therefore knows what happened in the past, what will happen in the future, and what is happening at present. Three principal items, namely the living being, the phenomenal world and the controller, are all in continuous action — past, present and future — and the direct manager is supposed to know everything of such actions and reactions, as one knows about a walnut within the grip of one’s palm. The direct manufacturer of a particular thing is supposed to know how he learned the art of manufacturing, where he got the ingredients, how he set it up and how the products in the manufacturing process are being turned out. Because Brahmā is the firstborn living being, naturally he is supposed to know everything about creative functions.
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