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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 17]
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always equipped with inconceivable potencies. Although creation takes place by His glancing over the material energy, He is not affected by the modes of material nature. Because of His eternally transcendental position, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears in this material world, the modes of material nature cannot affect Him. Therefore the Supreme Lord is called Transcendence, and anyone who wants to be secure from the influence of the modes of material nature must take shelter of Him.
TEXT 20
असद्दशो यः प्रतिभाति मायया
क्षीबेव मध्वासवताप्रलोचनः ।
न नागवध्वोऽर्हण ईशिरे हिया
यत्पादयोः स्पर्शनधर्षितेन्द्रियाः ॥२०॥
asad-dṛśo yaḥ pratibhāti māyayā
kṣībeva madhv-āsava-tāmra-locanaḥ
na nāga-vadhvo 'rhaṇa īśire hriyā
yat-pādayoḥ sparśana-dharṣitendriyāḥ
asat-dṛśaḥ —for a person with polluted vision;  yaḥ —who;  pratibhāti —appears;  māyayā —the influence of  māyā ;  kṣībaḥ —one who is inebriated or angry;  iva —like;  madhu —by honey;  āsava —and liquor;  tāmra-locanaḥ —having eyes reddish like copper;  na —not;  nāga-vadhvaḥ —the wives of the serpent demon;  arhaṇe —in worshiping;  īśire —were unable to proceed;  hriyā —because of bashfulness;  yat-pādayoḥ —of whose lotus feet;  sparśana —by the touching;  dharṣita —agitated;  indriyāḥ —whose senses.
TRANSLATION
For persons with impure vision, the Supreme Lord's eyes appear like those of someone who indiscriminately drinks intoxicating beverages. Thus bewildered, such unintelligent persons become angry at the Supreme Lord, and due to their angry mood the Lord