Chatur Shloki Bhagavatam – Four-part series on Bhagavatam (2.9.33-36)

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Shloka shloka canto 2, chapter 9, text 33 shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka shloka Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Ahameva Samevagre Nanyad Yatsadasat Param Pashyat Aham Yad Etacha Yo Vashishyat Sosmyaham Word to word translation Aham I, the personality of Godhead Eva Certainly Asam Existed Eva Only Agre Before the creation No Never Anyad Anything else Yad All those Sat The effect Asat The cause Param The supreme Pashyat At the end Aham I, the personality of Godhead Yad All these Etat Creation Cha Also Yaha Everything Vashishyat Remains Sah That Asmi I am Aham I, the personality of Godhead Translation and purport By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamishli Prabhupada Translation Brahma, it is I, the personality of Godhead Who was existing before the creation When there was nothing but myself Nor was there the material nature, the cause of this creation That which you see now is also I, the personality of Godhead And after annihilation, what remains will also be I, the personality of Godhead Purport We should note very carefully that the personality of Godhead is addressing Lord Brahma And specifying with great emphasis himself Pointing out that it is he, the personality of Godhead who existed before the creation It is he only who maintains the creation And it is he who remains after the annihilation of the creation Brahma is also a creation of the Supreme Lord The impersonalist puts forth the theory of oneness In the sense that Brahma also being the same principle of I Because he is an emanation from the I, the absolute truth Is identical with the Lord, the principle of I And that there is nothing more than the principle of I As explained in this verse According to the argument of the impersonalist It is to be admitted that the Lord is the creator I And that the Brahma is the created I Therefore there is a difference between the two I's Namely the predominator I and the predominated I Therefore there are still two I's Even accepting the argument of the impersonalist But we must note carefully that these two I's are accepted in the Vedic literature Kathopanishad in the sense of quality The Kathopanishad says The creator I and the created I are both accepted In the Vedic Vedas as qualitatively one Because both of them are Nityas and Chetanas But the singular I is the creator I And the created I are of plural number Because there are many I's like Brahma And those generated by Brahma It is the simple truth The father creates or begets the son And the son also creates many sons And all of them may be one as human beings But at the same time from the father The son and the grandson are all different The son cannot take the place of the father Nor can the grandsons Simultaneously the father, the son and the grandson Are one and different also As human beings they are one But as relatives they are different Therefore the relativities of the creator and the created Or the predominator and the predominated Have been differentiated in the Vedas By saying that the predominated I Is the feeder of the predominated I's And thus there is a vast difference Between the two principles of I This is a very long purport So we will focus on this section in today's class I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 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