# Cc. Ādi 5.221 ## Text > yāṅra dhyāna nija-loke kare padmāsana > aṣṭādaśākṣara-mantre kare upāsana ## Synonyms *yāṅra*—of whom; *dhyāna*—the meditation; *nija*-*loke*—in his own abode; *kare*—does; *padma*-*āsana*—Lord Brahmā; *aṣṭādaśa*-*akṣara*-*mantre*—by the hymn composed of eighteen letters; *kare*—does; *upāsana*—worshiping. ## Translation **Lord Brahmā, sitting on his lotus seat in his own abode, always meditates on Him and worships Him with the mantra consisting of eighteen syllables.** ## Purport In his own planet, Lord Brahmā, with the inhabitants of that planet, worships the form of Lord Govinda, Kṛṣṇa, by the *mantra* of eighteen syllables, *klīṁ kṛṣṇāya govindāya gopī-jana-vallabhāya svāhā.* Those who are initiated by a bona fide spiritual master and who chant the Gāyatrī *mantra* three times a day know this *aṣṭādaśākṣara* (eighteen-syllable) *mantra.* The inhabitants of Brahmaloka and the planets below Brahmaloka worship Lord Govinda by meditating with this *mantra.* There is no difference between meditating and chanting, but in the present age meditation is not possible on this planet. Therefore loud chanting of a *mantra* like the *mahā-mantra,* Hare Kṛṣṇa, with soft chanting of the *aṣṭādaśākṣara,* the *mantra* of eighteen syllables, is recommended. Lord Brahmā lives in the highest planetary system, known as Brahmaloka or Satyaloka. In every planet there is a predominating deity. As the predominating deity in Satyaloka is Lord Brahmā, so in the heavenly planets Indra is the predominating deity, and on the sun, the sun-god, Vivasvān, is the predominating deity. The inhabitants and predominating deities of every planet are all recommended to worship Govinda either by meditation or by chanting.