146 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 17

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is always equipped with incon-
ceivable potencies. Although creation takes place by His glancing over
the material energy, He is not affected by the modes of material nature.
Because of His eternally transcendental position, when the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead appears in this material world, the modes of material
nature cannot affect Him. Therefore the Supreme Lord is called Tran-
scendence, and anyone who wants to be secure from the influence of the
modes of material nature must take shelter of Him.

TEXT 20

wagen a: aaa aaa
aay AAAI! |

a armrasen sat fen
TNE: TMT alaeA U2 oll

asad-drso yah pratibhati mayaya
ksibeva madhv-dsava-tamra-locanah

na naga-vadhvo ’rhana isire hriya
yat-pddayoh sparsana-dharsitendriyah

asat-drsah—for a person with polluted vision; yah—who; pra-
tibhati—appears; mayayd—the influence of maya; ksibah—one who is
inebriated or angry; iva—like; madhu—by honey; dsava—and liquor;
tamra-locanah—having eyes reddish like copper; na—not; ndga-
vadhvah—the wives of the serpent demon; arhane—in worshiping;
isire—were unable to proceed; hriya—because of bashfulness; yat-
padayoh—of whose lotus feet; sparsana—by the touching; dharsita—
agitated; indriyah—whose senses.

TRANSLATION

For persons with impure vision, the Supreme Lord’s eyes appear
like those of someone who indiscriminately drinks intoxicating
beverages. Thus bewildered, such unintelligent persons become
angry at the Supreme Lord, and due to their angry mood the Lord
