SRI BRAHMA-SAMHITA

Verse 15

vamangad asrjad visnum daksinangat prajapatim
jyotir-lingamayam sambhum kurchcha-desad avasrjat [15]

Translation: Maha-Vishnu created Vishnu from His left side, Prajapati from His right side, and He created Sambhu, the divine manifested masculine effulgence, from between His eyebrows.

Purport: Here, Sri Vishnu refers to the individual antaryami, or Supersoul, present in the hearts of all jivas, the Ksirodakasayi purusa reclining on the ocean of milk. Prajapati, or ‘Primal Progenitor’, as the Supreme Lord’s portion, Hiranyagarbha, is distinct from four-headed Brahma in that he is the seed principle of all the Brahmas of the countless universes. The divine manifested masculine effulgence form of Sambhu is the plenary manifestation of his origin, the original primal male generative Sambhu (who has been described previously).

Vishnu is the plenary expansion entity (svamsa-tattva) of Maha-Vishnu, and thus He is sarva-mahesvara, or the Supreme Lord of all; and Prajapati Brahma and Sambhu are Maha-Vishnu’s separated parts (vibhinnamsa), and thus they are gods of delegated office. Since the Lord’s personal potency always stays at His left side, Vishnu, who appears from Maha-Vishnu’s transcendental potency of unalloyed reality, appears from the left side of His body.

Vishnu is the Supersoul present within the hearts of all jivas. He is the Personality of Godhead described in the Vedas as being the measure of a thumb; He is the preserver; the karmis, or elevationists, worship Him as Yajnesvara Narayana, or the Lord of sacrifices, and the yogis meditate on Him as Paramatman, desiring to become one with Him.

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