Adi-lila, Chapter 2 127

PURPORT

The phenomenal manifestation of the supreme whole, the noumenal soul of
everything, and the cause or causal nature are all but designations of the purusas,
who are responsible for material creation. The transcendental position surpasses
these designations and is therefore called the position of the fourth dimension.
This is a quotation from Sridhara Svami’s commentary on the Eleventh Canto,
Fifteenth Chapter, verse 16, of Srimad-Bhdgavatam.

TEXT 54

aot fecaa atal Meal BaRta |
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yadyapi tinera mdyd la-iya vyavahdra
tathdpi tat-sparsa nahi, sabhe mdya-para

SYNONYMS
yadyapi—although; tinera—of these three; mdya—the material energy; /a-iya—
taking; vyavahdra—the dealings; tathapi—still; tat—of that; sparsa—the touch; nahi—
there is not; sabhe—all of them; mdya-para—beyond the material energy.

TRANSLATION

Although these three features of the Lord deal directly with the material
energy, none of them are touched by it. They are all beyond illusion.

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GEM MAMMA A EECTIRA SESE |
A JAG ARAVA FSO ee |

etad fsanam fsasya
prakrti-stho ‘pi tad-gunaih

na yujyate sadatma-sthair
yathd buddhis tad-asrayd

SYNONYMS

etat—this; iSanam—opulence; isasya—of the Supreme Lord; prakrti-sthah—
situated in the material nature; api—although; tat—of maya, gunaih—by the qualities;
na—not; yujyate—is affected; sada@—always; atma-sthaih—which are situated in His
own energy; yathd—as also; buddhih—the intelligence; tat—of Him; asraya—which
has taken shelter.
