Text 12] The Island of Jambadvipa 241

TEXT 12

Tafa Feq—
HUA AMET at a TET
aq aaa zemaisty Sea: |
Te ea qufigsaea
TM THSAMAAHAAT 112 2

gayati cedam
kartasya sargadisu yo na badhyate
na hanyate deha-gato pi daihikaih
drastur na drg yasya gunair vidisyate
tasmai namo ‘sakta-vivikta-saksine

gayati—he sings; ca—and; tdam—this; karta—the executor; asya—
of this cosmic manifestation; sarga-ddisu—of the creation, maintenance
and destruction; yah—one who; na badhyate—is not attached as the
creator, master or proprietor; na—not; hanyate—is victimized; deha-
gatah api—although appearing as a human being; daihikaih—by bodily
tribulations such as hunger, thirst and fatigue; drastuh—of Him who is
the seer of everything; na—not; drk—the power of vision; yasya—of
whom; gunaih—by the material qualities; vidiisyate—is polluted;
tasmai—unto Him; namah—my respectful obeisances; asakta—unto
the Supreme Person, who is unattached; vivikta—without affection; sak-
sine —the witness of everything.

TRANSLATION

Narada, the most powerful saintly sage, also worships Nara-
Narayana by chanting the following mantra: The Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead is the master of the creation, maintenance and
annihilation of this visible cosmic manifestation, yet He is com-
pletely free from false prestige. Although to the foolish He ap-
pears to have accepted a material body like us, He is unaffected by
bodily tribulations like hunger, thirst and fatigue. Although He is
the witness who sees everything, His senses are unpolluted by the
objects He sees. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto that
