402 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 7

head; kutah—what to speak of others; avarah—born after us; ye—those
gayan—by singing; gunan—the qualities; dasa-sata-dnanah—one who has ten
hundred faces; a@di-devah—the first incarnation of the Lord; sesah—known
as Sesa; adhund—up to date; api—even; samavasyati—can achieve; na—not:
asya—of Him; padram— limit.

TRANSLATION

Neither myself nor all the sages who were born before you know fully
the omnipotent Personality of Godhead. So what can others, who are
born after us, know about Him? Even the first incarnation of the Lord.
namely Sesa, has not been able to reach the limit of such knowledge.
although He is describing the qualities of the Lord with ten hundred
faces.

PURPORT

The omnipotent Personality of Godhead has primarily three potential
manifestations, namely internal, external, and marginal potencies, with
unlimited expansions of these three energies. As such, the potential ex-
pansions can never be calculated by anyone because even the Personality
of God Himself, as the incarnation of Sesa, could not estimate the
potencies, although He has been describing them continually with His one
thousand faces.

TEXT 42

aa A TY ANA ZAAAAT:
aaa ATa ale Pca |
a geMiaatied a ZH
aa aretata ats PITTA [12
yesam sa esa bhagavan dayayed anantah
sarvat mandsrita-pado yadi nirvyalikam

te dustaram atitaranti ca deva-mayam
naisam mamdaham iti dhih sva-srgala-bhaksye
