Devanagari
श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
देवदेवाखिलाध्यक्ष भूतभावन पूर्वज ।
दिष्टया ते निहत: पापो लोकसन्तापनोऽसुर: ॥ २६ ॥
Verse text
śrī-brahmovāca
deva-devākhilādhyakṣa
bhūta-bhāvana pūrvaja
diṣṭyā te nihataḥ pāpo
loka-santāpano ’suraḥ
Synonyms
śrī-brahmā uvāca
—
Lord Brahmā said
;
deva-deva
—
O my Lord, Lord of all the demigods
;
akhila-adhyakṣa
—
owner of the whole universe
;
bhūta-bhāvana
—
O cause of all living entities
;
pūrva-ja
—
O original Personality of Godhead
;
diṣṭyā
—
by Your example or because of our good fortune
;
te
—
by You
;
nihataḥ
—
killed
;
pāpaḥ
—
most sinful
;
loka-santāpanaḥ
—
giving trouble to the entire universe
;
asuraḥ
—
the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu.
Translation
Lord Brahmā said: O Supreme Lord of all lords, proprietor of the entire universe, O benedictor of all living entities, O original person [ādi-puruṣa], because of our good fortune You have now killed this sinful demon, who was giving trouble to the entire universe.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Brahmā said: O Supreme Lord of all lords! Proprietor of the entire universe! O Lord, born previous to the creators of all living entities! By good fortune you have now killed this sinful demon, who was giving trouble to the entire universe.
Bhūta-bhāvana-pūrvaja means “the Lord who existed previous to the creators of the living entities, such as Brahmā and Marīci.”
Purport
The word pūrvaja is described in Bhagavad-gītā (10.8) : ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate. All the demigods, including Lord Brahmā, are manifested from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the original person, the cause of all causes, is Govinda, the ādi-puruṣam.