Text 318] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 179

TEXT 317

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brahmé, siva— djna-kari bhakta-avatara
palanarthe visnu——krsnera svaripa-akara

SYNONYMS

brahma—Lord Brahma; siva—Lord Siva; ajfa-kari—order carriers; bhakta-
avatara—incarnations of devotees; palana-arthe —for maintenance; visnu—Lord
Visnu; krsnera—of Lord Krsna; svarGpa-akara—in the form of a personal feature.

TRANSLATION

“The conclusion is that Lord Brahma and Lord Siva are simply devotee in-
carnations who carry out orders. However, Lord Visnu, the maintainer, is the
personal feature of Lord Krsna.

TEXT 318
RST Gays Aye eal VafS Se |
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srjami tan-niyukto ‘ham
haro harati tad-vasah

visvarn purusa-rupena
paripati trisakti-dhrk

SYNONYMS
srjami—create; tat-niyuktah—engaged by Him; aham—I; harah—Lord Siva;
harati—annihilates; tat-vasah—under His control; visvam—the whole universe;
purusa-rapena—in the form of Lord Visnu; paripati—maintains; tri-sakti-dhrk —
the controller of the three modes of material nature.

TRANSLATION

“‘Lord Brahma said, ‘1 am engaged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
to create. Following His orders, Lord Siva dissolves everything. The Supreme
Personality of Godhead, in His form of Ksirodakasayi Visnu, maintains all the
affairs of material nature. Thus the supreme controller of the three modes of
material nature is Lord Visnu.”’ ’
