452 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
SYNONYMS

visnu-rapa—the form of Lord Visnu; haf#a—becoming; kare—does; jagat pdlane—
maintenance of the material world; guga-atita—beyond the material qualities; visnu
—Lord Visnu; sparsa—touch; ndhi—not; mdyd-gune—in the material qualities.

TRANSLATION

And as Lord Visnu He maintains the entire world. Lord Visnu, being beyond all

material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities.
PURPORT

Sri: Baladeva Vidyabhisana says that although Visnu is the predominating Deity
of the quality of goodness in the material world, He is never affected by the quality
of goodness, for He directs that quality simply by His supreme will. It is said that
all living entities can derive all good fortune from the Lord simply by His will. In
the Vdmana Purdna it is said that the same Visnu expands Himself as Brahma and
Siva to direct the different qualities.

Because Lord Visnu expands the quality of goodness, He has the name
Sattvatanu. The multifarious incarnations of Ksirodakasayi Visnu are known as
Sattvatanu. Therefore in all Vedic scriptures Visnu has been described as being free
from all material qualities. In the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhdgavatam it is said:

harir hi nirgunah sdksat
purusah praksteh parah
sa sarva-dfg upadrastd
tam bhajan nirguno bhavet
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is always uncontaminated by the
modes of material nature, for He is beyond the material manifestation. He is the
source of the knowledge of all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmi, and He is the
witness of everything. Therefore one who worships the Supreme Lord Visnu also
attains freedom from the contamination of material nature.”’ (Bhdg. 10.88.5) One
can attain freedom from the contamination of material nature by worshiping Visnu,
and therefore He is called Sattvatanu, as described above.
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rudra-ripa dhari’ kare jagat samhdra
ssti-sthiti-pralaya——icchdya yanhdra
