Text 8] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
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rajo-guṇa  and  tamo-guṇa );  nirvāṇa-sukha-arṇavāya —unto the ocean of eternal bliss, beyond material existence;  aṇoḥ aṇimne —smaller than the atom;  aparigaṇya-dhāmne —whose bodily features are never to be conceived by material speculation;  mahā-anubhāvāya —whose existence is inconceivable;  namaḥ —offering our obeisances;  namaḥ —again offering our obeisances;  te —unto You.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: Although You are never born, Your appearance and disappearance as an incarnation never cease. You are always free from the material qualities, and You are the shelter of transcendental bliss resembling an ocean. Eternally existing in Your transcendental form, You are the supreme subtle of the most extremely subtle. We therefore offer our respectful obeisances unto You, the Supreme, v:hose existence is inconceivable.
PURPORT
The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.6):
ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro 'pi san prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣthāya sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā
“Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.” In the following verse in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.7), the Lord says:
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyuthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself.” Thus although the Supreme Lord is unborn, there is no