Text 4] Description of the Kingdom of God 575

TEXT 3

eal Sa
a Cafe ty dam aad WAT |
ATU Alaa: Bsarwrata: | 3 Il

deva ucuh
tama etad vibho vettha
samvigna yad vayam bhrsam
na hy avyaktam bhagavatah
kalenasprsta-vartmanah

devah ucuh—the demigods said; tamah— darkness; etat— this; vibho—O
great one; vettha—you know; samvignah—very anxious; yat—because;
vayam—we; bhrsam—very much; na—not; hi—because; avyaktam—un-
manifest; bhagavatah—of You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);
kalena—by time; asprsta—untouched; vartmanah—whose way.

TRANSLATION

The fortunate demigods said: © great one, just see this darkness, which
you know very well and which is causing us anxieties. Because the
influence of time cannot touch you, there is nothing unmanifest before
you.

PURPORT

Brahma is addressed herein as Vibhu and as the Personality of Godhead.
He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s incarnation of the mode of
passion in the material world. He is nondifferent, in the representative
sense, from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore the
influence of time cannot affect him. The influence of time, which
manifests as past, present and future, cannot touch higher personalities
like Brahma and other demigods. Sometimes demigods and great sages
who have attained such perfection are called tri-kala-jia.

TEXT 4

zaaa WTGMAATTTATAT |
qa wd aaa aaa ii 8 il

deva-deva jagad-dhatar

lokanatha-sikhamane
