Text 35] Prayers by the Demigods 181

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sattvam na ced dhatar idam nijarh bhaved
vijidnam ajnana-bhidépamarjanam

guna-prakdsair anumiyate bhavan
prakdsate yasya ca yena va gunah

sattvam —$Suddha-sattva, transcendental; na—not; cet—if; dhatah—
O reservoir of all energies, cause of all causes; idam—this; nijam—per-
sonal, spiritual; bhavet—could have been; vijfidnam—transcenden-
tal knowledge; ajfidna-bhidda—which drives away the ignorance
of the material modes; apamarjanam—completely vanquished; guna-
prakasaih—by the awakening of such transcendental knowledge;
anumiyate —becomes manifested; bhavan— Your Lordship; prakasate —
exhibit; yasya—whose; ca—and; yena—by which; vd—either; gu-
nah—quality or intelligence.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, cause of all causes, if Your transcendental body were not
beyond the modes of material nature, one could not understand
the difference between matter and transcendence. Only by Your
presence can one understand the transcendental nature of Your
Lordship, who are the controller of material nature. Your tran-
scendental nature is very difficult to understand unless one is in-
fluenced by the presence of Your transcendental form.

PURPORT

It is said, traigunya-visayd veda nistraigunyo bhavarjuna. Unless one
is situated in transcendence, one cannot understand the transcendental
nature of the Lord. As stated in Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.29):

athadpi te deva padadmbuja-dvaya-
prasdda-lesanugrhita eva hi

Janati tattvarh bhagavan-mahimno
na canya eko ’pi ciram vicinvan
