352 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 9
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is eternally distinguished from the living entities by
His internal potency, although He is also understood in His impersonal
feature by self-realized intelligence. Devotees of the Lord, therefore,
offer all respectful obeisances unto the impersonal feature of the Lord.
The word rasa is significant herein. The rdsa dance is performed by
Lord Krsna in the company of the cowherd damsels at Vrndavana, and
the Personality of Godhead Garbhodakasgayi Visnu is also engaged in rasa
enjoyment with His external potency, by which He creates, maintains and
dissolves the entire material manifestation. Indirectly, Lord Brahma offers
his respectful obeisances unto Lord Sri Krsna, who is factually ever
engaged in rasa enjoyment with the gopis, as confirmed in the Vedas in
the following words: parardhante so ’budhyata gopa-veso me purastad
avirbabhiiva. The distinction between the Lord and the living entity is
definitely experienced when there is sufficient intelligence to understand
His internal potency, as distinguished from the external potency by which
He makes possible the material manifestation.
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AMAT TH ATS 24
yas yavatara-guna-karma-vidambanani
namani ye’suvigame vivasa grnanti
te ‘naika-janma-samalam sahasaiva hitva
samyanty apaurtamrtam tam ajam prapadye
yasya—whose; avatdra—incarnations; guna—transcendental qualities;
karma—activities; vidambandani—all mysterious; naémdani—transcendental
names; ye—those; asuvigame—while quitting this life; vivasa—automati-
cally; grnanti—invoke; te—they; anaika—many; janma—births; samalam—
accumulated sins; sahasé—immediately; eva—certainly; hitvd—giving up;
samyanti—obtain; apaurt—open; amrtam—immortality; tam—Him; ajam—
the unborn; prapadye—| take shelter.
TRANSLATION
Let me take shelter of the lotus feet of Him whose incarnations,
qualities and activities are mysterious imitations of worldly affairs.
