# Cc. Madhya 20.242 > চত্বারো বাসুদেবাদ্যা নারায়ণনৃসিংহকৌ । > হয়গ্রীবো মহাক্রোড়ো ব্রহ্মা চেতি নবোদিতাঃ ॥২৪২॥ ## Text > catvāro vāsudevādyā > nārāyaṇa-nṛsiṁhakau > hayagrīvo mahākroḍo > brahmā ceti navoditāḥ ## Synonyms *catvāraḥ*—four principal protectors; *vāsudeva-ādyāḥ*—Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha; *nārāyaṇa*—including Lord Nārāyaṇa; *nṛsiṁhakau*—as well as Lord Nṛsiṁha; *hayagrīvaḥ*—Lord Hayagrīva; *mahākroḍaḥ*—Lord Varāha; *brahmā*—Lord Brahmā; *ca*—also; *iti*—thus; *nava-uditāḥ*—nine personalities. ## Translation **“ 'The nine personalities mentioned are Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Nārāyaṇa, Nṛsiṁha, Hayagrīva, Varāha and Brahmā.'** ## Purport This verse is found in the *Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta* (1.451). The Brahmā mentioned herein is not a living entity. Sometimes, when there is a scarcity of living entities to take charge of Brahmā's post, Mahā-Viṣṇu expands Himself as Lord Brahmā. This Brahmā is not considered to be a living entity; He is an expansion of Viṣṇu.