56 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch.13

the twenty-four elements for the creation of the material world,
headed by the mahat-tattva.

PURPORT

In this verse the word mahimabhih means aisvarya, or opulence. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead can do whatever He likes. That is His
aisvarya. No one can command Him, but He can command everyone.
Sad-aisvarya-pirnam. The Lord is full in six opulences. The yoga-sid-
dhis, the perfections of yoga, such as the ability to become smaller than
the smallest (animd-siddhi) or bigger than the biggest (mahima-siddhi),
are present in Lord Visnu. Sad-aisvaryaih pirno ya iha bhagavan
(Cc. Adi 1.3). The word aja means méyé, or mystic power. Everything
mysterious is in full existence in Visnu.

The twenty-four elements mentioned are the five working senses
(parica-karmendriya), the five senses for obtaining knowledge (payica-
jiidnendriya), the five gross material elements (pafica-mahabhita), the
five sense objects (pajica-tanmatra), the mind (manas), the false ego
(aharikdra), the mahat-tattva, and material nature (prakrti). All twenty-
four of these elements are employed for the manifestation of this ma-
terial world. The mahat-tattva is divided into different subtle categories,
but originally it is called the mahat-tattva.

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kala-svabhava-samskdara-
kama-karma-gunddibhih

sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhir
mirtimadbhir upasitah

kdla—by the time factor; svabhdva—own nature; samskara—
reformation; kama—desire; karma—fruitive action; guna—the three
modes of material nature; addibhih—and by others; sva-mahi-dhvasta-
mahibhih—whose own independence was subordinate to the potency of
the Lord; miérti-madbhih—possessing form; updsitah—were being
worshiped.
