हिरण्यगर्भ इति यद्धिरण्याण्डसमुद्भवः ॥४४॥
má¹›te 'ṇá¸a eá¹£a etasmin yad abhÅ«t tato mÄrtaṇá¸a iti vyapadeÅ›aḥ; hiraṇyagarbha iti yad dhiraṇyÄṇá¸a-samudbhavaḥ
má¹›te - dead; aṇá¸e - in the globe; eá¹£aḥ - this; etasmin - in this; yat - which; abhÅ«t - entered personally at the time of creation; tataḥ - from that; mÄrtaṇá¸a - MÄrtaṇá¸a; iti - thus; vyapadeÅ›aḥ - the designation; hiraṇya-garbhaḥ - known as Hiraṇyagarbha; iti - thus; yat - because; hiraṇya-aṇá¸a-samudbhavaḥ - his material body was created from Hiraṇyagarbha.
The sun-god is also known as VairÄja, the total material body for all living entities. Because he entered this dull egg of the universe at the time of creation, he is also called MÄrtaṇá¸a. He is also known as Hiraṇyagarbha because he received his material body from Hiraṇyagarbha [Lord BrahmÄ].
The post of Lord BrahmÄ is meant for very highly elevated, spiritually advanced living beings. When such living beings are unavailable, Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, expands Himself as Lord BrahmÄ. This takes place very rarely. Consequently there are two kinds of BrahmÄs. Sometimes BrahmÄ is an ordinary living entity, and at other times BrahmÄ is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The BrahmÄ spoken of here is an ordinary living being. Whether BrahmÄ is the Supreme Personality of Godhead or an ordinary living being, he is known as VairÄja BrahmÄ and Hiraṇyagarbha BrahmÄ. Therefore the sun-god is also accepted as VairÄja BrahmÄ.
