Text 40] The Structure of the Universe 311
tesam sva-vibhitinam loka-palanam ca vividha-viryopabrmhanaya
bhagavan parama-mahd-puruso mahd-vibhiti-patir antaryéamy Gtmano
visuddha-sattvam dharma-jnana-vairdgyaisvaryady-asta-maha-siddhy-
upalaksanam visvaksenddibhih sva-pdrsada-pravaraih parivarito nija-
vardyudhopasobhitair nija-bhuja-dandaih sandhadrayamanas tasmin
giri-vare samantat sakala-loka-svastaya aste.

tesam—of all of them; sva-vibhitindm—who are his personal expan-
sions and assistants; loka-pdlanadm—who are entrusted with looking
after the universal affairs; ca—and; vividha—varieties; virya-
upabrmhanadya—for expanding the powers; bhagavan—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; parama-mahd-purusah—the foremost master
of all kinds of opulence, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: maha-
vibhiiti-patih—the master of all inconceivable potencies; antaryami—
the Supersoul; dtmanah—of Himself; visuddha-sattvam—having an ex-
istence without contamination by the material modes of nature; dharma-
Jfidna-vairdgya—of religion, pure knowledge and renunciation:
aisvarya-ddi—of all kinds of opulence; asta—eight; maha-siddhi—and
of great mystic perfections; upalaksanam—having the characteristics:
visvaksena-ddibhih—by His expansion known as Visvaksena and others;
sva-pdarsada-pravaraih—the best of personal assistants; parivdritah—
surrounded; nija—His own; vara-dyudha—by different types of weap-
ons; upasobhitaih—being decorated: nija—own: bhuja-dandaih—with
stout arms: sandhérayamanah—manifesting this form; tasrmin—on
that; giri-vare—great mountain; samantét—all around: sakala-loka-
svastaye—for the benefit of all the planetary systems; dste—exists.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master of all tran-
scendental opulences and the master of the spiritual sky. He is the
Supreme Person, Bhagavan, the Supersoul of everyone. The
demigods, led by Indra, the King of heaven, are entrusted with
seeing to the affairs of the material world. To benefit all living
beings in all the varied planets and to increase the power of those
elephants and of the demigods, the Lord manifests Himself on top
of that mountain in a spiritual body, uncontaminated by the modes
of material nature. Surrounded by His personal expansions and
