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CULTURE
 
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It suddenly shot up as a lotus-budk
. In
it was born of himself the creator who is

of the form of the Vedas and who is

called Svayambu, the self-born. Entering

on concentration, he sat (on the lotus

there).
 
GOVERNMENT O
 
स्कृति काल
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 

 
कालेन सोऽजो हृदयेऽवभात-

मपश्यतैकं पुरुषं शयानम् ।

अस्तौविसर्गाभिमुखस्तमीड्य-

मव्यक्तवर्त्मन्यभिवेशितात्मा ॥
 

After a time, that creator beheld that

one Being who was lying (asleep) shining

in his own heart. Desiring to create, he

fastened his mind on that Being in the

inscrutable realm and praised that

praiseworthy Lord:
 

 
' रूपं यदेतदवतारशतैकबीजं

भूतेन्द्रियात्मकमदस्त उपाश्रितोऽस्मि ।

सोऽयं समस्तजगतां सुहृदेक आत्मा

सत्त्वेन यन्मृडयते भगवान्भगेन ।

तेनैव मे दृशमनुस्पृशताद्यथाऽहं
 

स्रक्ष्यामि कर्मशमलं च यथा विजह्याम् ॥'