1418 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 33

and still You put Your body within the abdomen of a common woman like
me. To me, that is most astonishing.”

TEXT 3
a oo fiwea vam fare
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aaTeIAtealShraaT Tae T-
TRATUSTHIACT TT: I 3 I

sa eva visvasya bhavan vidhatte
guna-pravahena vibhakta-viryah

sargady aniho ‘vitathabhisandhir
atmesvaro ‘tarkya-sahasra-saktih

sah—that very person; eva—certainly; visvasya—of the universe; bhavan—
You; vidhatte—carry on; guna-pravahena—by the interaction of the modes;
vibhakta—divided; viryah—Your energies; sarga-ddi—the creation and so
on; anihah—the nondoer; avitatha—not futile; abhisandhih—Y our determi-
nation; dt ma-isvarah—the Lord of all living entities; atark ya—inconceivable;
sahasra—thousands; saktih—possessing energies.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, although personally You have nothing to do, You have
distributed Your energies in the interactions of the material modes of
nature, and for that reason the creation, maintenance and dissolution of
the cosmic manifestation take place. My dear Lord, You are self-determined
and are the Supreme Personality of Godhead for all living entities. For
them You created this material manifestation, and although You are one,
Your diverse energies can act multifariously. This is inconceivable to us.

PURPORT

The statement made in this verse by Devahuti that the Absolute Truth
has many diverse energies although He personally has nothing to do is
confirmed in the Upanisads, There is no one greater than Him or on an
equal level with Him, and everything is completely done by His energy, as
if by nature. It is understood herein, therefore, that the modes of material
nature are entrusted to different manifestations like Brahma, Visnu and Siva.
