Text 24] Questions by King Pariksit 449

visrjya va yatha mayam
udaste saksivad vibhuh

yathd—as; dtma-tantrah—independent; bhagavan—the Personality of
Godhead; vikridati—enjoys His pastimes; dtma-mdyaya—by His internal
potency; visr7ya—giving up; vd—as also; yatha—as He desires; mayam—the
external potency; udaste—remains; saksivat—just as the witness; vibhuh—
the almighty.

TRANSLATION

The independent Personality of Godhead enjoys His pastimes by His
internal potency and at the time of annihilation gives them up to the
external potency, and He remains a witness to it all.

PURPORT

Lord Sri Krsna, being the Supreme Personality of Godhead and foun-
tainhead of all other incarnations, is the only independent person. He
enjoys His pastimes by creation as He desires and gives them up to the
external energy at the time of annihilation. By His internal potency only
He kills the demon Putana, even though enjoying His pastimes in the lap of
His mother Yasoda. And when He desired to leave this world He created
the pastimes of killing His own family members ( Yadu-kula) and remained
unaffected by such annihilation. He is the witness of everything that is
happening, and yet He has nothing to do with anything. He is indepen-
dent in every respect. Maharaja Panksit desired to know more perfectly,
for a pure devotee ought to know well.

TEXT 24

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TAA ATA AATEA URI

sarvam etac ca bhagavan
prechato me’nupirvasah

tattvato’rhasy udahartum
prapannaya maha-mune
