प्रणेमुः सहसोत्थाय ब्रह्मेन्द्रत्र्यक्षनायकाः ॥२२॥
tam upÄgatam Älaká¹£ya
sarve sura-gaṇÄdayaḥ
praṇemuḥ sahasotthÄya
brahmendra-tryaká¹£a-nÄyakÄḥ
tam - Him; upÄgatam - arrived; Älaká¹£ya - after seeing; sarve - all; sura-gaṇa-Ädayaḥ - the demigods and others; praṇemuḥ - obeisances; sahasÄ - immediately; utthÄya - after standing up; brahma - Lord BrahmÄ; indra - Lord Indra; tri-aká¹£a - Lord Åšiva (who has three eyes); nÄyakÄḥ - led by.
As soon as Lord Viṣṇu was visible, all the demigods — Lord BrahmÄ and Lord Åšiva, the Gandharvas and all present there — immediately offered their respectful obeisances by falling down straight before Him.
It appears that Lord Viṣṇu is the Supreme Lord even of Lord Åšiva and Lord BrahmÄ, what to speak of the demigods, Gandharvas and ordinary living entities. It is stated in a prayer, yaá¹ brahmÄ varuṇendra-rudra-marutÄḥ: all the demigods worship Lord Viṣṇu. Similarly, dhyÄnÄvasthita-tad-gatena manasÄ paÅ›yanti yaá¹ yoginaḥ: yogÄ«s concentrate their minds on the form of Lord Viṣṇu. Thus Lord Viṣṇu is worshipable by all demigods, all Gandharvas and even Lord Åšiva and Lord BrahmÄ. Tad viṣṇoḥ paramaá¹ padaá¹ sadÄ paÅ›yanti sÅ«rayaḥ: Viṣṇu is therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though Lord Åšiva was previously referred to in prayers by Lord BrahmÄ as the Supreme, when Lord Viṣṇu appeared, Åšiva also fell prostrated before Him to offer respectful obeisances.
