738 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 19

vinastasu sva-mayasu
bhiiyas cavrajya kesavam

rusopagithamano ’mum
dadrse ‘vasthitam bahih

vinastasu—when dispelled; sva-maydsu—his magic forces; bhiiyah—again;
ca—and; avrajya—after coming into the presence; kesavam—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; rusa—full of rage; upaguhamanah—embracing;
amum—the Lord; dadrse—saw; avasthitam—standing; bahih—outside.

TRANSLATION

When the demon saw his magic forces dispelled, he once again came
into the presence of the Personality of Godhead, Keéava, and, full of rage,
tried to embrace Him within his arms to crush Him. But to his great
amazement he found the Lord standing outside the circle of his arms.

PURPORT

In this verse the Lord is addressed as Kegava because He killed the
demon Keési in the beginning of creation. Kegava is also a name of Krsna.
Krsna is the origin of all incarnations, and it is confirmed in Brahma-
samhita that Govinda, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of
all causes, exists simultaneously in His different incarnations and expan-
sions. The demon’s attempt to measure the Supreme Personality of God-
head is significant. The demon wanted to embrace Him with his arms,
thinking that with his limited arms he could capture the Absolute by
material power. He did not know that God is the greatest of the great and
the smallest of the small. No one can capture the Supreme Lord nor bring
Him under his control. But the demoniac person always attempts to
measure the length and breadth of the Supreme Lord. By His incon-
ceivable potency the Lord can become the universal form, as explained in
Bhagavad-gita, and at the same time He can remain within the box of His
devotees as their worshipable Deity. There are many devotees who keep
a statue of the Lord in a small box and carry it with them everywhere;
every morning they worship the Lord in the box. The Supreme Lord,
Kegava, or the Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is not bound by any
measurement of our calculation. He can remain with His devotee in any
suitable form, yet He is unapproachable by any amount of demoniac
activities.
