182 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4
TEXT 8
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ghareatiaranta Barra Vea Ml ¢
niinam bhagavato brahman
harer adbhuta-karmanah
durvibhavyam ivabhati
kavibhis capi cestitam
ninam—still insufficient; bhagavatah—of the Personality of Godhead;
brahman—O learned brahmana; hareh—of the Lord; adbhuta—wonderful ;
karmanah—one who acts; durvibhadvyam—inconceivable; iva—like that;
abhati—appears; kavibhih—even by the highly learned; ca—also; api—in
spite of; cestitam—being endeavored for.
TRANSLATION
O learned brahmana, the transcendental activities of the Lord are
all wonderful, and they appear to be inconceivable because even great
endeavors by many learned scholars have still proved to be insufficient.
PURPORT
The acts of the Supreme Lord, in the creation of just this one universe,
appear to be inconceivably wonderful. And there are innumerable universes,
and all of them aggregated together are known as the created material
world. And this part of His creation is only a fractional portion of the
complete creation. The material world stands as a part only (ekamsena
sthito jagat). Supposing that the material world is a display of one part of
His energy, the remaining three parts consist of the Vatkuntha-jagat or
spiritual world described in the Bhagavad-gita as mad-dhama or sanatana-
dhama, or the eternal world. We have marked in the previous verse that He
creates and again winds up the creation. This action is applicable in the
material world only because the other greater part of His creation, namely
the Vaikuntha world, is neither created nor annihilated; otherwise the
Vaikuntha-dhama would not have been called eternal. The Lord exists
with dhama; Hiseternal name, quality, pastimes, entourage and personality
are all a display of His different energies and expansions. The Lord is
