Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 2 Chapter 1 Verse 31

Canto 2: The Cosmic Manifestation | Chapter 1: The First Step in God Realization

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.1.31

chandāḿsy anantasya śiro gṛṇanti

daḿṣṭrā yamaḥ sneha-kalā dvijāni

hāso janonmāda-karī ca māyā

duranta-sargo yad-apāńga-mokṣaḥ

SYNONYMS

chandāḿsi — the Vedic hymns; anantasya — of the Supreme; śiraḥ — the cerebral passage; gṛṇanti — they say; daḿṣṭrāḥ — the jaws of teeth; yamaḥ — Yamarāja, the director of sinners; sneha-kalāḥ — the art of affection; dvijāni — the set of teeth; hāsaḥ — smile; jana-unmāda-karī — the most alluring; ca — also; māyā — illusory energy; duranta — unsurpassable; sargaḥ — the material creation; yat-apāńga — whose glance; mokṣaḥ — casting over.

TRANSLATION

They say that the Vedic hymns are the cerebral passage of the Lord, and His jaws of teeth are Yama, god of death, who punishes the sinners. The art of affection is His set of teeth, and the most alluring illusory material energy is His smile. This great ocean of material creation is but the casting of His glance over us.

PURPORT

According to Vedic assertion, this material creation is the result of the Lord's casting a glance over the material energy, which is described herein as the most alluring illusory energy. The conditioned souls who are allured by such materialism should know that the material temporary creation is simply an imitation of the reality and that those who are captivated by such alluring glances of the Lord are put under the direction of the controller of sinners called Yamarāja. The Lord smiles affectionately, displaying His teeth. The intelligent person who can grasp these truths about the Lord becomes a soul fully surrendered unto Him.

<<< >>>

Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness