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Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
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varam —superior;  teṣām —all of them;  parā —the Supreme;  anusaṁsargāt —last touch;  yathā —as many;  saṅkhyam —number;  guṇān —qualities;  viduḥ —you may understand.
TRANSLATION
O gentle one, of all the physical elements, beginning from the sky down to the earth, all the inferior and superior qualities are due only to the final touch of the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 38
एते देवाः कला विष्णोः कालमायांशलिङ्गिनः ।  
 नानात्वात्स्वकियानशिः प्रोचुः प्राञ्जलयो विशुम् ॥३८॥
ete devāḥ kalā viṣṇoḥ 
    kāla-māyāṁśa-liṅginaḥ 
    nānātvāt svakriyānīśāḥ 
    procuḥ prāñjalayo vibhum
ete —of all these physical elements;  devāḥ —the controlling demigods;  kalāḥ —parts and parcels;  viṣṇoḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kāla —time;  māyā —external energy;  aṁśa —part and parcel;  liṅginaḥ —so embodied;  nānātvāt —because of various;  svakriyā —personal duties;  anīśāḥ —not being able to perform;  procuḥ —uttered;  prāñjalayaḥ —fascinating;  vibhum —unto the Lord.
TRANSLATION
The controlling deities of all the above-mentioned physical elements are empowered expansions of Lord Viṣṇu. They are embodied by eternal time under the external energy, and they are His parts and parcels. Because they were entrusted with different functions of universal duties and were unable to perform them, they offered fascinating prayers to the Lord as follows:
PURPORT
The conception of various controlling demigods who inhabit the higher planetary systems for the management of universal affairs is not imaginary, as proposed by persons with a poor fund of knowledge. The demigods are expanded parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, and they are embodied by time, external energy and partial consciousness of the Supreme. Human beings, animals, birds, etc., are also parts and parcels of