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Sloka 22

Devanagari

Dévanágarí

कालेन सोऽज: पुरुषायुषाभि-
प्रवृत्तयोगेन विरूढबोध: ।
स्वयं तदन्तर्हृदयेऽवभात-
मपश्यतापश्यत यन्न पूर्वम् ॥ २२ ॥

Text

Verš

kālena so ’jaḥ puruṣāyuṣābhi-
pravṛtta-yogena virūḍha-bodhaḥ
svayaṁ tad antar-hṛdaye ’vabhātam
apaśyatāpaśyata yan na pūrvam
kālena so ’jaḥ puruṣāyuṣābhi-
pravṛtta-yogena virūḍha-bodhaḥ
svayaṁ tad antar-hṛdaye ’vabhātam
apaśyatāpaśyata yan na pūrvam

Synonyms

Synonyma

kālena — in due course of time; saḥ — he; ajaḥ — the self-born Brahmā; puruṣa-āyuṣā — by the duration of his age; abhipravṛtta — being engaged; yogena — in meditation; virūḍha — developed; bodhaḥ — intelligence; svayam — automatically; tat antaḥ-hṛdaye — in the heart; avabhātam — manifested; apaśyata — saw; apaśyata — did see; yat — which; na — not; pūrvam — before.

kālena — časem; saḥ — on; ajaḥ — samozrozený Brahmā; puruṣa-āyuṣā — délkou svého věku; abhipravṛtta — zaměstnán; yogena — v meditaci; virūḍha — vyvinul; bodhaḥ — inteligence; svayam — automaticky; tat antaḥ-hṛdaye — v srdci; avabhātam — projevený; apaśyata — uviděl; apaśyata — viděl; yat — co; na — ne; pūrvam — předtím.

Translation

Překlad

At the end of Brahmā’s one hundred years, when his meditation was complete, he developed the required knowledge, and as a result he could see in his heart the Supreme within himself, whom he could not see before with the greatest endeavor.

Když Brahmā po uplynutí sta let dovršil svoji meditaci, vyvinul potřebné poznání a výsledkem bylo, že ve svém srdci uviděl Nejvyššího, kterého se mu do té doby nepodařilo sebevětší snahou spatřit.

Purport

Význam

The Supreme Lord can be experienced only through the process of devotional service and not by one’s personal endeavor in mental speculation. The age of Brahmā is calculated in terms of divya years, which are distinct from the solar years of human beings. The divya years are calculated in Bhagavad-gītā (8.17): sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ. Brahmā’s one day is equal to one thousand times the aggregate of the four yugas (calculated to be 4,300,000 years). On that basis, Brahmā meditated for one hundred years before he could understand the supreme cause of all causes, and then he wrote the Brahma-saṁhitā, which is approved and recognized by Lord Caitanya and in which he sings, govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. One has to wait for the mercy of the Lord before one can either render service unto Him or know Him as He is.

Nejvyššího Pána lze poznat jedině pomocí oddané služby, a nikoliv vlastní snahou v podobě mentální spekulace. Stáří Brahmy se vyjadřuje v divya letech, které se liší od našich slunečních let. Divya roky jsou popsány v Bhagavad-gītě (8.17): sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ. Jeden den Brahmy se rovná tisícinásobku celkové doby trvání čtyř yug (která je vypočítána na 4 300 000 let). Brahmā tedy meditoval sto let, než mohl pochopit nejvyšší příčinu všech příčin, a potom napsal Brahma-saṁhitu, kterou schválil a uznal Pán Caitanya. Brahmā v ní zpívá: govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi. Aby člověk mohl Pánovi sloužit nebo Ho znát takového, jaký je, musí čekat na Jeho milost.