chich-chhakti-vibhuti-dhama—tripad-aisvarya-nama
mayika vibhuti—eka-pada abhidhana

"The spiritual world is considered to possess three fourths of the energy and opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this material world is considered to possess only one fourth of that energy. [55]

tripada-vibhuti krsnera—vakya-agochara
eka-pada vibhutira sunaha vistara

"The three-fourths of Lord Krsna's energy is beyond our power to describe. Listen to the description of the one fourth of His energy. [57]

ananta brahmandera yata brahma-rudra-gana
chira-loka-pala-sabde tahara ganana

"There is an unlimited number of universes, and each universe has its own Brahma and Siva. They are the permanent governors of their lokas (planets), and they are also innumerable. [58]

eka-dina dvarakate krsna dekhibare
brahma aila,—dvara-pala janaila krsnere

"Once, one Brahma came to Dvaraka to see Krishna. The doorman immediately went to inform Krishna. [59]

vismita hana brahma dvarike kahila
'kaha giya sanaka-pita chaturmukha aila'

"[When the doorman asked Brahma], Brahma was surprised. He said, 'Tell the Lord that the father of Sanaka, the four-headed Brahma has come.' [61]

krsne janana dvari brahmare lana gela
krsnera charane brahma dandavat kaila

"The doorman told Krishna what Brahma had said, and Krishna gave the permission to let him in. The doorman took Brahma to Krishna, and as soon as Brahma saw Krishna, he offered full obeisance at His lotus feet. [62]

brahma kahe,—'taha pache kariba nivedana
eka samsaya mane haya, karaha chhedana

"Brahma said, 'I will tell You later why I have come. There is a doubt in my mind, please kindly remove it. [64]

'kon brahma?' puchhile tumi kon abhipraye?
ama ba-i jagate ara kon brahma haye?'

"'Why did You ask, "Which Brahma is it?"? Is there any other Brahma besides me in this world?' [65]

suni' hasi' krsna tabe karilena dhyane
asankhya brahmara gana aila tata-ksane

"Hearing this, Krishna laughed and began to meditate, and immediately so many Brahmas came there. [66]

dasa-bisa-sata-sahasra-ayuta-laksa-vadana
koty-arbuda mukha karo, na yaya ganana

"Some Brahmas had ten faces, some twenty, some a hundred, some a thousand, some ten thousand, some a hundred thousand, some ten million and some a hundred million. It is impossible to count them all. [67]

rudra-gana aila laksa koti-vadana
indra-gana aila laksa koti-nayana

"There also came many Rudras (Sivas) with one hundred thousand, ten million heads, as well as many Indras of hundreds of thousands eyes. [68]

dekhi' chaturmukha brahma phanpara ha-ila
hasti-gana-madhye yena masaka rahila

"Seeing this, four-headed Brahma became perplexed, he was like a mosquito among so many elephants. [69]

asi' saba brahma krsna-pada-pitha-age
dandavat karite mukuta pada-pithe lage

"When Brahmas came in, they prostrated themselves at the lotus feet of Krishna, and as they thus paid their obeisance their helmets touched each other at His feet. [70]

krsnera achintya-sakti lakhite keha nare
yata brahma, tata murti eka-i sarire

"No one can estimate the inconceivable power of Krishna. All those Brahmas in their various forms are present within the body of Krishna. [71]

pada-pita-mukutagra-sanghatte uthe dhvani
pada-pithe stuti kare mukuta hena jani'

"There arose a tumultuous sound when the helmets touched each other at Krishna's lotus feet, and it appeared as if the helmets chanted prayers to Krishna's lotus feet. [72]

yoda-hate brahma-rudradi karaye stavana
"bada krpa karila prabhu, dekhaila charana

"With folded hands, all Brahmas and Sivas offered prayers to Krishna, 'O Lord, You are so merciful, you allowed us to see Your lotus feet.' [73]

krsna kahe,—toma-saba dekhite chitta haila
taha lagi' eka thani saba bolaila

"Krishna said, 'I wanted to see you all, so I have called you all here. [75]

sukhi hao sabe, kichhu nahi daitya-bhaya?
tara kahe,—'tomara prasade sarvatra-i jaya

"'I hope you are all happy and there is no fear of demons. Brahmas replied, 'By Your mercy, all places are victorious.' [76]

samprati prthivite yeba haiyachhila bhara
avatirna hana taha karila samhara'

"'You have taken away whatever burden there was on the earth by appearing there.' [77]

dvarakadi—vibhu, tara ei ta pramana
'amara-i brahmande krsna' sabara haila jnana

"This is the proof of Dvaraka's greatness. All Brahmas thought, 'Krishna is in my universe.' [78]

krsna-saha dvaraka-vaibhava anubhava haila
ekatra milane keha kaho na dekhila

"In Krishna's presence, they could feel how glorious Dvaraka was—although they all assembled together, each of them did not see others were also there. [79]

tabe krsna sarva-brahma-gane vidaya dila
dandavat hana sabe nija ghare gela

"Then Krishna bade farewell to all Brahmas, and after having offered their obeisance, they returned to their own homes. [80]

dekhi' chaturmukha brahmara haila chamatkara
krsnera charane asi' kaila namaskara

"Seeing all this, four-headed Brahma was astonished. He came forward and offered obeisance at Krishna's lotus feet. [81]

brahma bale,—purve ami ye nischaya karilun
tara udaharana ami aji ta' dekhilun

"Brahma said, 'Today I have seen the proof of what I previously only believed in.' [82]

krsna kahe, "ei brahmanda panchasat koti yojana
ati ksudra, tate tomara chari vadana

"Krishna said, 'This universe is five hundred million yojans. It is very small, that is why you have only four faces. [84]

kona brahmanda sata-koti, kona laksa-koti
kona niyuta-koti, kona koti-koti

"'Some universes are one billion, some one trillion, some ten trillion and some one hundred trillion yojans. [85]

brahmanda-anurupa brahmara sarira-vadana
ei-rupe pali ami brahmandera gana

"'The number of faces on Brahma's body depends on the size of the universe. In this way I maintain all the innumerable universes. [86]

'eka-pada vibhuti' ihara nahi parimana
'tri-pada vibhuti'ra keba kare parimana"

"'When it is impossible to fathom one fourth of My opulence, who can fathom the other three-fourths of My opulence?' [87]

tabe krsna brahmare dilena vidaya
krsnera vibhuti-svarupa janana na yaya

"Then Krishna let Brahma go. It is not possible to understand the scope of Krishna's power." [89]