Bhaktivedanta Library


Library Home Śrīla Prabhupāda ISKCON Languages English Español Pусский Português English - Español English - Pусский English - Português Español - Pусский Español - Português Pусский - Português Authors Books Basics Reference Essays Narrative by Ācaryas Philosophical by Ācaryas By Śrīla Prabhupāda The Great Classics About Śrīla Prabhupāda Narrative by Prabhupāda's Disciples Philosophical by Prabhupāda's Disciples Magazines All the Library Websites ISKCON Virtual Temple Virtual Istagosthi Vaiṣṇava Calendar Kṛṣṇa West

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

<< Canto 4, The Creation of the Fourth Order >>
<< 30 - The Activities of the Pracetās >>

<< VERSE 25 >>

नम: कमलनाभाय नम: कमलमालिने ।
नम: कमलपादाय नमस्ते कमलेक्षण ॥ २५ ॥

namaḥ kamala-nābhāya
namaḥ kamala-māline
namaḥ kamala-pādāya
namas te kamalekṣaṇa

WORD BY WORD

TRANSLATION

Dear Lord, we offer our respectful obeisances unto You because from Your abdomen sprouts the lotus flower, the origin of all living entities. You are always decorated with a lotus garland, and Your feet resemble the lotus flower with all its fragrance. Your eyes are also like the petals of a lotus flower. Therefore we always offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

	The word kamala-nābhāya indicates that Lord Viṣṇu is the origin of the material creation. From the abdomen of Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu, a lotus flower sprouts. Lord Brahmā, the first creature of the universe, is born from this lotus flower, and subsequently Lord Brahmā creates the whole universe. The origin of all creation is therefore Lord Viṣṇu, and the origin of all the viṣṇu-tattvas is Lord Kṛṣṇa. Consequently, Kṛṣṇa is the origin of everything. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (10.8):
	ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ
	“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.”
	Lord Kṛṣṇa says, “I am the origin of everything.” Therefore whatever we see emanates from Him. This is also confirmed in the Vedānta-sūtra. Janmādy asya yataḥ: “The Absolute Truth is He from whom everything emanates.”

Donate to Bhaktivedanta Library