Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 5: The Creative Impetus

Chapter 22: The Orbits of the Planets. Text 3

स एष भगवानादिपुरुष एव साक्षान्नारायणो लोकानां स्वस्तय आत्मानं त्रयीमयं
कर्मविशुद्धिनिमित्तं कविभिरपि च वेदेन विजिज्ञास्यमानो द्वादशधा
विभज्य षट्सु वसन्तादिष्वृतुषु यथोपजोषमृतुगुणान् विदधाति ॥३॥

sa eá¹£a bhagavÄn Ädi-puruá¹£a eva sÄká¹£Än nÄrÄyaṇo lokÄnÄá¹ svastaya ÄtmÄnaá¹ trayÄ«mayaá¹ karma-viÅ›uddhi-nimittaá¹ kavibhir api ca vedena vijijñÄsyamÄno dvÄdaÅ›adhÄ vibhajya á¹£aá¹­su vasantÄdiá¹£v á¹›tuá¹£u yathopa-joá¹£am á¹›tu-guṇÄn vidadhÄti

 saḥ - that; eá¹£aḥ - this; bhagavÄn - the supremely powerful; Ädi-puruá¹£aḥ - the original person; eva - certainly; sÄká¹£Ät - directly; nÄrÄyaṇaḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead, NÄrÄyaṇa; lokÄnÄm - of all the planets; svastaye - for the benefit; ÄtmÄnam - Himself; trayÄ«-mayam - consisting of the three Vedas (SÄma, Yajur and Ṛg); karma-viÅ›uddhi - of purification of fruitive activities; nimittam - the cause; kavibhiḥ - by great saintly persons; api - also; ca - and; vedena - by Vedic knowledge; vijijñÄsyamÄnaḥ - being inquired about; dvÄdaÅ›a-dhÄ - in twelve divisions; vibhajya - dividing; á¹£aá¹­su - in six; vasanta-Ädiá¹£u - headed by spring; á¹›tuá¹£u - seasons; yathÄ-upajoá¹£am - according to the enjoyment of their past activities; á¹›tu-guṇÄn - the qualities of the different seasons; vidadhÄti - he arranges.


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The original cause of the cosmic manifestation is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, NÄrÄyaṇa. When great saintly persons, fully aware of the Vedic knowledge, offered prayers to the Supreme Person, He descended to this material world in the form of the sun to benefit all the planets and purify fruitive activities. He divided Himself into twelve parts and created seasonal forms, beginning with spring. In this way He created the seasonal qualities, such as heat, cold and so on.

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