# Bs. 5.49 > भास्वान् यथाश्मशकलेषु निजेषु तेजः > स्वीयं कियत्प्रकटयत्यपि तद्वदत्र । > ब्रह्मा य एष जगदण्डविधानकर्ता > गोविन्दमादिपुरुषं तमहं भजामि ॥ ४९ ॥ ## Text > bhāsvān yathāśma-śakaleṣu nijeṣu tejaḥ > svīyam kiyat prakaṭayaty api tadvad atra > brahmā ya eṣa jagad-aṇḍa-vidhāna-kartā > govindam ādi-*puruṣa*ṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi ## Synonyms *bhāsvān*—the illuminating sun; *yathā*—as; *aśma-śakaleṣu*—in various types of precious stones; *nijeṣu*—his own; *tejaḥ*—brilliance; *svīyam*—his own; *kiyat*—to some extent; *prakaṭayati*—manifests; *api*—also; *tadvat*—similarly; *atra*—here; *brahmā*—Lord Brahmā; *yaḥ*—who; *eṣaḥ*—he; *jagat-aṇḍa-vidhāna-kartā*—the chief of the universe; *govindam*—Govinda; *ādi-puruṣam*—the original person; *tam*—Him; *aham*—I; *bhajāmi*—worship. ## Translation **I adore the primeval Lord Govinda from whom the separated subjective portion Brahmā receives his power for the regulation of the mundane world, just as the sun manifests some portion of his own light in all the effulgent gems that bear the names of sūryakānta, etc.** ## Purport Brahmā is two types: in certain *kalpas* when the potency of the Supreme Lord infuses Himself in an eligible *jīva,* the latter acts in the office of Brahmā and creates the universe. In those *kalpas* when no eligible *jīva* is available, after the Brahmā of the previous *kalpa* is liberated, Kṛṣṇa, by the process of allotment of His own potency, creates the Brahmā who has the nature of the *avatāra* (descent) of the Divinity in the active mundane principle (*rajo-guṇa*). By principle Brahmā is superior to ordinary *jīvas* but is not the direct Divinity. The divine nature is present in a greater measure in Śambhu than in Brahmā. The fundamental significance of the above is that the aggregate of fifty attributes, belonging to the *jīva,* are present in a fuller measure in Brahmā who possesses, in a lesser degree, five more attributes which are not found in *jīvas.* But in Śambhu both the fifty attributes of *jīvas* as also the five additional attributes found in Brahmā are present in even greater measure than in Brahmā. --- *Translation and purport by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura*