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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 1 ]
Godhead. In space there are innumerable varieties of planets and also the air, and in the air there are variously colored clouds, and sometimes we see airplanes running from one place to another. Thus the entire cosmic manifestation is full of variety, but actually that variety is a manifestation of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and that energy is situated in Him. Now the Lord Himself, after manifesting His energy, appeared within the creation of His energy, which is simultaneously one with and different from Himself, and therefore the demigods offered their respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead who manifests Himself in such varieties. There are some philosophers, called nondualists, who, because of their impersonal conception, think that the varieties are false. In this verse it is specifically stated,  yo māyayā viracitam . This indicates that the varieties are a manifestation of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus because the energy is nondifferent from the Godhead, the varieties are also factual. The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties. Here the word  praticakṣaṇāya , “there are varieties,” announces the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who appeared as Nara-Nārāyaṇa Rṣi and who is the origin of all varieties of material nature.
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सोऽयं स्थितिव्यतिकरोपशमाय सृष्टान्
सत्त्वेन नः सुरगणाननुमेयतत्त्वः
दृश्याददभ्रकरुणेन
विलोकनेन
यन्त्रीनिकेतममतं क्षिपतारविन्दम् ॥५७॥
so 'yam sthiti-vyatikaropaśamāya sṛṣṭān sattvena naḥ sura-gaṇān anumeya-tattvaḥ dṛśyād adabhra-karuṇena vilokanena yac chrīniketam amalam kṣipatāravindam
saḥ—that; ayam—He; sthiti—of the created world; vyatikara—calamities; upaśamāya—for destroying; sṛṣṭān—created; sattvena—by the mode of goodness; naḥ—us; sura-gaṇān—the demigods; anumeya-tattvaḥ—understood by the Vedas; dṛśyāt—glance over; adabhra-karuṇena—merciful; vilokanena—glance; yat—which; śrīniketam—the home of the goddess of fortune; amalam—spotless; kṣipata—supersedes; aravindam—lotus.