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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 20]
assistants like Viṣvaksena, He exhibits all His perfect opulences, such as religion and knowledge, and His mystic powers such as aṇimā, laghimā and mahimā. He is beautifully situated, and He is decorated by the different weapons in His four hands.
TEXT 41
आकल्पमेवं वेषं गत एष भगवानात्मयोगमायया विरचितविविधलोक- यात्रागोपीयायेत्यर्थः ॥४१॥
ākalpam evaṁ veṣaṁ gata eṣa bhagavān ātma-yogamāyayā viracita- vividha-loka-yātrā-gopīyāyety arthaḥ.
ā-kalpam —for the duration of the time of creation;  evam —thus;  veṣam —appearance;  gataḥ —has accepted;  eṣaḥ —this;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ātma-yoga-māyayā —by His own spiritual potency;  viracita —perfected;  vividha-loka-yātrā —the livelihood of the various planetary systems;  gopīyāya —just to maintain;  iti —thus;  arthaḥ —the purpose.
TRANSLATION
The various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such as Nārāyaṇa and Viṣṇu, are beautifully decorated with different weapons. The Lord exhibits those forms to maintain all the varied planets created by His personal potency, yogamāyā.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.6) Lord Kṛṣṇa says,  sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā : “I appear by My internal potency.” The word  ātma-māyā  refers to the Lord’s personal potency,  yogamāyā . After creating both the material world and spiritual world through  yogamāyā , the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally maintains them by expanding Himself in different categories as the Viṣṇu  mūrtis  and the demigods. He maintains the material creation from beginning to end, and He personally maintains the spiritual world.