उपलभ्य पुरैवैतद्भगवानब्जसम्भव: । नारायणश्च विश्वात्मा न कस्याध्वरमीयतु: ॥ ३ ॥
upalabhya puraivaitad bhagavan abja-sambhavah narayanas ca visvatma na kasyadhvaram iyatuh
- upalabhya
- knowing
- pura
- beforehand
- eva
- certainly
- etat
- all these events of Daksa’s sacrifice
- bhagavan
- the possessor of all opulences
- abja-sambhavah
- born from a lotus flower (Lord Brahma)
- narayanah
- Narayana
- ca
- and
- visva-atma
- the Supersoul of the entire universe
- na
- not
- kasya
- of Daksa
- adhvaram
- to the sacrifice
- iyatuh
- did go.
Both Lord Brahma and Visnu had already known that such events would occur in the sacrificial arena of Daksa, and knowing beforehand, they did not go to the sacrifice.