सुजयः प्रियव्रतमादि पुरुषस्तं सदयहासावलोक इति होवाच ॥१०॥
bhagavÄn api bhÄrata tad-upanÄ«tÄrhaṇaḥ sÅ«kta-vÄkenÄtitarÄm udita-guṇa-gaṇÄvatÄra-sujayaḥ priyavratam Ädi-puruá¹£as taá¹ sadaya-hÄsÄvaloka iti hovÄca
bhagavÄn - Lord BrahmÄ; api - moreover; bhÄrata - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; tat - by them; upanÄ«ta - brought forward; arhaṇaḥ - worshipable paraphernalia; sÅ«kta - according to Vedic etiquette; vÄkena - by language; atitarÄm - highly; udita - praised; guṇa-gaṇa - qualities; avatÄra - because of the descent; su-jayaḥ - whose glories; priyavratam - unto Priyavrata; Ädi-puruá¹£aḥ - the original person; tam - unto him; sa-daya - with compassion; hÄsa - smiling; avalokaḥ - whose looking; iti - thus; ha - certainly; uvÄca - said.
My dear King ParÄ«ká¹£it, because Lord BrahmÄ had finally descended from Satyaloka to BhÅ«loka, NÄrada Muni, Prince Priyavrata and SvÄyambhuva Manu came forward to offer him objects of worship and to praise him in highly qualified language, according to Vedic etiquette. At that time, Lord BrahmÄ, the original person of this universe, felt compassion for Priyavrata and, looking upon him with a smiling face, spoke to him as follows.
That Lord BrahmÄ descended from Satyaloka to see Priyavrata indicates that the matter was very serious. NÄrada Muni had come to advise Priyavrata about the value of spiritual life, knowledge, renunciation and bhakti, and Lord BrahmÄ knew that NÄrada’s instructions were very impressive. Therefore unless Lord BrahmÄ personally went to GandhamÄdana Hill to request Priyavrata, Lord BrahmÄ knew that Prince Priyavrata would not accept his father’s order. BrahmÄ’s purpose was to break Priyavrata’s determination. Therefore BrahmÄ first looked upon Priyavrata with compassion. His smile and compassionate features also indicated that although BrahmÄ would request Priyavrata to accept household life, Priyavrata would not be out of touch with devotional service. By the blessings of a Vaiṣṇava, everything is possible. This is described in Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu as ká¹›pÄ-siddhi, or perfection attained simply by the blessings of a superior person. One usually becomes liberated and perfect by executing the regulative principles set down in the Å›Ästras. Nonetheless, many persons have achieved perfection simply by the blessings of a spiritual master or superior.
Priyavrata was the grandson of Lord BrahmÄ, and as joking competition sometimes takes place between grandson and grandfather, in this case also Priyavrata was determined to remain in meditation, whereas BrahmÄ was determined that he rule the universe. Thus Lord BrahmÄ’s affectionate smile and glance meant, “My dear Priyavrata, you have decided not to accept household life, but I have decided to convince you that you must accept it.†Actually, BrahmÄ had come to praise Priyavrata for his high standard of renunciation, austerity, penance and devotion so that he would not be deviated from devotional service, even though he would accept household life.
In this verse, one important word is sÅ«kta-vÄkena (by Vedic hymns). In the Vedas, there is the following prayer to Lord BrahmÄ: hiraṇyagarbhaḥ samavartatÄgre bhÅ«tasya jÄtaḥ patir eka ÄsÄ«t. BrahmÄ was received with the appropriate Vedic hymns, and because he was welcomed according to the Vedic etiquette, he was very pleased.
