140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 3

creation of the mahat-tattva, and it is stressed here that the eternal form
of the Lord is par excellence spiritual or transcendental to the modes of
material nature. The very same transcendental form of the Lord is mani-
fested by His internal potency, and the formation of His multifarious
manifestations of incarnationsis always of the same transcendental quality,
without any touch of the mahat-tattva.

TEXT 4

THA STATAITT
TANARIS AT |

Tea TTMT ATT
TRAMP SHAT | 8 I

pasyanty ado riipam adabhra-caksusa
sahasra-padoru-bhujananadbhutam

sahasra-mirdha-sravanak si-ndsikam
sahasra-mauly-ambara-kundalollasat

pasyanti—see; adah—the form of the purusa, ripam—form; adabhra—
perfect; caksusa—by the eyes; sahasra-pdda—thousands of legs; aru—
thighs; bhuja-Gnana—hands and faces; adbhutam—wonderful; sahasra—
thousands of; mirdha—heads; sravana—ears; aksi—eyes; nasikam—noses;
sahasra—thousands; mauli—garlands; ambara—dresses; kundala—earrings;
ullasat—all glowing.

TRANSLATION

The devotees, with their perfect eyes, see the transcendental form of
the purusa who has thousands of legs, thighs, arms and faces—all extraor-
dinary. In that body there are thousands of heads, ears, eyes and noses.
They are decorated with thousands of helmets and earrings and are
adorned with garlands.

PURPORT

With our present materialized senses we cannot perceive anything of the
transcendental Lord. Our present senses are to be rectified by the process
of devotional service, and then the Lord becomes Himself revealed to us.
