Text 52] Brahma Stealing the Boys and Calves 55

“Only Krsna is the supreme master, and all others are His servants. As
Krsna desires, everyone dances according to His tune.” (Cc. Adi 5.142)

There are two kinds of living entities—the moving and the nonmov-
ing. Trees, for example, stand in one place, whereas ants move. Brahma
saw that all of them, down to the smallest creatures, had assumed dif-
ferent forms and were accordingly engaged in the service of Lord Visnu.

One receives a form according to the way one worships the Lord. In
the material world, the body one receives is guided by the demigods. This
is sometimes referred to as the influence of the stars. As indicated in
Bhagavad-gita (3.27) by the words prakrteh kriyamanani, according to
the laws of nature one is controlled by the demigods.

All living entities are serving Krsna in different ways, but when they
are Krsna conscious, their service is fully manifest. As a flower in the
bud gradually fructifies and yields its desired aroma and beauty, so when
a living entity comes to the platform of Krsna consciousness, the beauty
of his real form comes into full blossom. That is the ultimate beauty and
the ultimate fulfillment of desire.

TEXT 52
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afirarermeatrarentiraram: |
waftatterd: oder aeartfizs wen

animddyair mahimabhir
ajadyabhir vibhitibhih
catur-vimsatibhis tattvaih
parita mahad-dadibhih

animd-ddyaih—headed by anima; mahimabhih—by opulences;
aja-ddyabhih—headed by Aja; vibhitibhih—by potencies; catuh-
vimsatibhih—twenty-four in number; tattvaih—by elements for the
creation of the material world; paritah—(all the visnu-miirtis) were sur-
rounded; mahat-ddibhih—headed by the mahat-tattva.

TRANSLATION

All the visnu-mirtis were surrounded by the opulences, headed
by anima-siddhi; by the mystic potencies, headed by Aja; and by
