210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 18

under different circumstances according to his past activities (karma).
Although the body of the living entity is material, it is never false. No
one will accept the argument that since a person’s material body is false,
murder has no repercussions. Our temporary bodies are given to us ac-
cording to our karma, and we must remain in our given bodies to enjoy
the pains and pleasures of life. Our bodies cannot be called false; they
are only temporary. In other words, the energy of the Supreme Lord is as
permanent as the Lord Himself, although His energy is sometimes
manifest and sometimes not. As summarized in the Vedas, sarvam khalv
idam brahma: ‘Everything is Brahman.”

TEXT 33

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dq am waeadtad
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yasminn asankhyeya-visesa-nama-
ripakrtau kavibhih kalpiteyam

sankhya yaya tattva-drsdpaniyate
tasmai namah sankhya-nidarsanaya te iti

yasmin—in You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead):
asarikhyeya—innumerable; visesa—particular; naéma—names; riipa—
forms; akrtau—possessing bodily features; kavibhih—by great learned
persons; kalpita —imagined; tyam—this; sarckhya—number; yaya —by
whom; tattvua—of the truth; drsa—by knowledge: apaniyate—is ex-
tracted; tasmai—unto Him; namah—respectful obeisances; sankhya-
nidarsandya—who is the revealer of this numerical knowledge; te—
unto You; iti—thus.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, Your name, form and bodily features are expanded
in countless forms. No one can determine exactly how many forms
exist, yet You Yourself, in Your incarnation as the learned scholar
Kapiladeva, have analyzed the cosmic manifestation as containing
