dharmÄṇÄm asmi sannyÄsaḥ
ká¹£emÄṇÄm abahir-matiḥ
guhyÄnÄá¹ su-ná¹›taá¹ maunaá¹
mithunÄnÄm ajas tv aham
dharmÄṇÄm - among religious principles; asmi - I am; sannyÄsaḥ - renunciation; ká¹£emÄṇÄm - among all types of security; abahiḥ-matiḥ - awareness within (of the eternal soul); guhyÄnÄm - of secrets; suná¹›tam - pleasant speech; maunam - silence; mithunÄnÄm - of sexual pairs; ajaḥ - BrahmÄ, the original prajÄpati; tu - indeed; aham - I am.
Among religious principles I am renunciation, and of all types of security I am consciousness of the eternal soul within. Of secrets I am pleasant speech and silence, and among sexual pairs I am BrahmÄ.
One who realizes the eternal soul within no longer fears any material situation and thus is qualified to accept the renounced order of life, sannyÄsa. Certainly fear is one of the great miseries of material life; therefore the gift of fearlessness is very valuable and represents Lord Kṛṣṇa. Both in ordinary pleasant speech and silence, very few confidential things are revealed, and thus diplomacy and silence are both aids to secrecy. Lord BrahmÄ is prominent among sexual pairs because the original beautiful couple, SvÄyambhuva Manu and ÅšatarÅ«pÄ, emerged from Lord BrahmÄ’s body, as explained in Chapter Twelve of the Third Canto of ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam.
