Text 359] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 203

TRANSLATION

“Bodily features, nature and form are the personal characteristics. Knowl-
edge of His activities provides the marginal characteristic.

TEXT 358
SltASlACS AA TRANG AC |
‘otacaa’ fama G® Qe THC I Oce I

bhagavatarambhe vydsa mangalacarane
‘paramesvara’ nirdpila ei dui laksane

SYNONYMS

bhagavata-arambhe—in the beginning of the Srimad-Bhagavatam; vyasa—the
great author Vydsadeva; margala-dcarane—in the auspicious invocation;
parama-isvara—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nirGpila—has described; ei
dui laksane —by these two characteristics, namely svartipa (personal) and tatastha
(marginal) symptoms.

TRANSLATION
“In the auspicious invocation in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Srila

Vyasadeva has described the Supreme Personality of Godhead by these
symptoms.
TEXT 359
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cuca SH QA T BMACA TAS A VA |
cocatatfagars aai fafancal am feacfteyal
al CRA AM! ABFVSHL ASE TAL TAL tl vee ii

janmady asya yato ‘nvaydad itaratas carthesv abhijfiah svarat
tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye muhyanti yat srayah
tejo-vari-mrdam yatha vinimayo yatra tri-sargo ‘mrsa
dhamna svena sada nirasta-kuhakarn satyam param dhimahi

SYNONYMS

janma-adi—creation, maintenance and dissolution; asya—of this (the uni-
verse); yatah—from whom; anvayat—directly from the spiritual connection;
