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Description of the Kingdom of God
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TEXT 3
देवा ऊचुः
तम एतद्विभो वेत्थ संविग्ना यद्वयं भृशम् । न द्यव्यक्तं भगवतः कालेनास्पृष्टवर्त्मनः ॥ ३ ॥
devā ūcuḥ tama etad vibho vettha saṁvignā yad vayaṁ bhṛśam na hy avyaktaṁ bhagavataḥ kālenāspṛṣṭa-vartmanaḥ
devāḥ ūcuḥ—the demigods said; tamaḥ—darkness; etat—this; vibho—O great one; vettha—you know; saṁvignāḥ—very anxious; yat—because; vayam—we; bhṛśam—very much; na—not; hi—because; avyaktam—unmanifest; bhagavataḥ—of You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); kālena—by time; aspṛṣṭa—untouched; vartmanaḥ—whose way.
TRANSLATION
The fortunate demigods said: O great one, just see this darkness, which you know very well and which is causing us anxieties. Because the influence of time cannot touch you, there is nothing unmanifest before you.
PURPORT
Brahmā is addressed herein as  Vibhu  and as the Personality of Godhead. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead's incarnation of the mode of passion in the material world. He is nondifferent, in the representative sense, from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore the influence of time cannot affect him. The influence of time, which manifests as past, present and future, cannot touch higher personalities like Brahmā and other demigods. Sometimes demigods and great sages who have attained such perfection are called  tri-kāla-jña .
TEXT 4
देवदेव जगद्धातलोकनाथशिखामणे । परेषामपरेषां त्वं भूतानामसि भाववित् ॥ ४ ॥
deva-deva jagad-dhātar lokanātha-śikhāmaṇe