618 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 12

even in that awkward position (in the womb of his mother) in a shape just
suitable for his vision. The Lord can become bigger than thousands of
universes and can become smaller than an atom at the same time. Merciful
as He is, He becomes just suitable to the vision of the limited living being.
He is unlimited. He is not limited by any measurement of our calculation.
He can become bigger than what we can think of, and He can become
smaller than what we can conceive. But in all circumstances He is the same
all-powerful Lord. There is no difference between the thumblike Visnu in
the womb of Uttara and the full-fledged Narayana in the Vaikuntha-dhama,
the kingdom of Godhead. He accepts the form of arca-vigraha (worshipable
Deity) just to accept service from His different incapable devotees. By the
mercy of the arca-vigraha, the form of the Lord in material elements, the
devotees who are in the material world can easily approach the Lord,
although He is not conceivable by the material senses. The arca-vigraha
is therefore an all-spiritual form of the Lord to he perceived by the
material devotees; such arca-vigraha of the Lord is never to be considered
material. There is no difference between matter and spirit for the Lord,
although there is a gulf of difference between the two in the case of the
conditioned living being. As for the Lord, there is nothing but spiritual
existence, and there is nothing except spiritual existence for the pure
devotee of the Lord in his intimate relation with the Lord.

TEXT 10

Hata: ca ates aaa: |
frayed aftey qdaa  eqat iol

astra-tejah sva-gadaya
niharam iva gopatih

vidhamantam sannikarse
paryaiksata ka ityasau

astra-tejah—radiation of the brahmastra; sva-gadaya—by means of His
own club; niharam—drops of dew; iva—like; gopatih—the sun; vidhamantam
—act of vanishing; sannikarse—nearby ; paryaiksata—observing; kah—who;
ityasau—this body.

TRANSLATION

The Lord was thus engaged in vanquishing the radiation of the
brahmistra, just as the sun evaporates a drop of dew. He was observed by
the child, who thought it to be Him.
