Srimad Bhagavatam 9.1.8-9

[makarand]

TEXT 8

parāvareṣāṁ bhūtānām

ātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ

sa evāsīd idaṁ viśvaṁ

kalpānte ’nyan na kiñcana

SYNONYMS

para-avareṣām—of all living entities, in higher or lower statuses of life; bhūtānām—of those who have taken material bodies (the conditioned souls); ātmā—the Supersoul; yaḥ—one who is; puruṣaḥ—the Supreme Person; paraḥ—transcendental; saḥ—He; eva—indeed; āsīt—was existing; idam—this; viśvam—universe; kalpa-ante—at the end of the millennium; anyat—anything else; na—not; kiñcana—anything whatsoever.

TRANSLATION

The transcendental Supreme Person, the Supersoul of all living entities, who are in different statuses of life, high and low, existed at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos nor anything else but Him existed.

TEXT 9

tasya nābheḥ samabhavat

padma-koṣo hiraṇmayaḥ

tasmiñ jajñe mahārāja

svayambhūś catur-ānanaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya—of Him (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); nābheḥ—from the navel; samabhavat—generated; padma-koṣaḥ—a lotus; hiraṇmayaḥ—known as Hiraṇmaya, or golden; tasmin—on that golden lotus; jajñe—appeared; mahārāja—O King; svayambhūḥ—one who is self-manifested, who takes birth without a mother; catuḥ-ānanaḥ—with four heads.

TRANSLATION

O King Parīkṣit, from the navel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead was generated a golden lotus, on which the four-faced Lord Brahmā took his birth.