jvara uvÄca
namÄmi tvÄnanta-Å›aktiá¹ pareÅ›am
sarvÄtmÄnaá¹ kevalaá¹ jñapti-mÄtram
viÅ›votpatti-sthÄna-saá¹rodha-hetuá¹
yat tad brahma brahma-liá¹…gam praÅ›Äntam
jvaraḥ uvÄca - the fever weapon (of Lord Åšiva) said; namÄmi - I bow down; tvÄ - to You; ananta - unlimited; Å›aktim - whose potencies; para - Supreme; Ä«Å›am - the Lord; sarva - of all; ÄtmÄnam - the Soul; kevalam - pure; jñapti - of consciousness; mÄtram - the totality; viÅ›va - of the universe; utpatti - of the creation; sthÄna - maintenance; saá¹rodha - and dissolution; hetum - the cause; yat - which; tat - that; brahma - Absolute Truth; brahma - by the Vedas; lingam - indirect reference to whom; praÅ›Äntam - perfectly peaceful.
The Åšiva-jvara said: I bow down to You of unlimited potencies, the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul of all beings. You possess pure and complete consciousness and are the cause of cosmic creation, maintenance and dissolution. Perfectly peaceful, You are the Absolute Truth to whom the Vedas indirectly refer.
Previously the Śiva-jvara felt himself to be unlimitedly powerful and thus attempted to burn Śrī Kṛṣṇa. But now he himself has been burned, and understanding that Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Lord, he humbly approaches to bow down and offer praise to the Absolute Truth.
According to the ÄcÄryas, the word sarvÄtmÄnam indicates that Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa is the Supersoul, the giver of consciousness to all living beings. Kṛṣṇa confirms this in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.15): mattaḥ smá¹›tir jñÄnam apohanaá¹ ca. “From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.â€
In his commentary ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« emphasizes that the Åšiva-jvara has realized in many ways Lord Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy over his own master, Lord Åšiva. Thus the Åšiva-jvara addresses Kṛṣṇa as ananta-Å›akti, “possessor of unlimited potencyâ€; pareÅ›a, “the supreme controllerâ€; and sarvÄtmÄ, “the Supersoul of all beings†— even of Lord Åšiva.
The words kevalaá¹ jñapti-mÄtram indicate that Lord Kṛṣṇa possesses pure omniscience. According to our limited understanding, we act in this world, but Lord Kṛṣṇa, with His unlimited understanding, performs infinite works of creation, maintenance and annihilation. As ÅšrÄ«la JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« points out, even the functions of the gross elements, such as air, depend on Him. The TaittirÄ«ya Upaniá¹£ad (2.8.1) confirms this: bhÄ«á¹£ÄsmÄd vÄtaḥ-pavate. “Out of fear of Him, the wind blows.†Thus Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate object of worship for all living beings.
