yÄá¹…ra dhyÄna nija-loke kare padmÄsana
aá¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›Äká¹£ara-mantre kare upÄsana
yÄá¹…ra - of whom; dhyÄna - the meditation; nija-loke - in his own abode; kare - does; padma-Äsana - Lord BrahmÄ; aá¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›a-aká¹£ara-mantre - by the hymn composed of eighteen letters; kare - does; upÄsana - worshiping.
Lord BrahmÄ, sitting on his lotus seat in his own abode, always meditates on Him and worships Him with the mantra consisting of eighteen syllables.
In his own planet, Lord BrahmÄ, with the inhabitants of that planet, worships the form of Lord Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, by the mantra of eighteen syllables, klÄ«á¹ kṛṣṇÄya govindÄya gopÄ«-jana-vallabhÄya svÄhÄ. Those who are initiated by a bona fide spiritual master and who chant the GÄyatrÄ« mantra three times a day know this aá¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›Äká¹£ara (eighteen-syllable) mantra. The inhabitants of Brahmaloka and the planets below Brahmaloka worship Lord Govinda by meditating with this mantra. There is no difference between meditating and chanting, but in the present age meditation is not possible on this planet. Therefore loud chanting of a mantra like the mahÄ-mantra, Hare Kṛṣṇa, with soft chanting of the aá¹£á¹ÄdaÅ›Äká¹£ara, the mantra of eighteen syllables, is recommended.
Lord BrahmÄ lives in the highest planetary system, known as Brahmaloka or Satyaloka. In every planet there is a predominating deity. As the predominating deity in Satyaloka is Lord BrahmÄ, so in the heavenly planets Indra is the predominating deity, and on the sun, the sun-god, VivasvÄn, is the predominating deity. The inhabitants and predominating deities of every planet are all recommended to worship Govinda either by meditation or by chanting.
