आत्मस्थं व्यञ्जयामास स धर्मं पातुमर्हति ॥३२॥
tasmai namo bhagavate
ya idaá¹ svena rociá¹£Ä
Ätma-sthaá¹ vyañjayÄm Äsa
sa dharmaá¹ pÄtum arhati
tasmai - unto Him; namaḥ - obeisances; bhagavate - unto the Personality of Godhead; yaḥ - who; idam - this; svena - by His own; rociá¹£Ä - effulgence; Ätma-stham - situated in Himself; vyañjayÄm Äsa - has manifested; saḥ - He; dharmam - religion; pÄtum - for protection; arhati - may kindly do so.
Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, who, by His own effulgence, while situated in Himself, has manifested this cosmos. May He also protect religion for all goodness.
Lust for sexual intercourse is so strong that it appears herein that BrahmÄ could not be dissuaded from his determination in spite of the appeal by his great sons like MarÄ«ci. Therefore, the great sons began to pray to the Supreme Lord for the good sense of BrahmÄ. It is only by the grace of the Supreme Lord that one can be protected from the allurement of lusty material desires. The Lord gives protection to devotees who are always engaged in His transcendental loving service, and by His causeless mercy He forgives the accidental fall of a devotee. Therefore, sages like MarÄ«ci prayed for the mercy of the Lord, and their prayer was fruitful.
