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assistants like Visvaksena, He exhibits all His perfect opulences,
such as religion and knowledge, and His mystic powers such as
anima, laghima and mahima. He is beautifully situated, and He is
decorated by the different weapons in His four hands.
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akalpam evam vesam gata esa bhagavan dtma-yogamdyaya viracita-
vividha-loka-yatrd-gopiydyety arthah.

G-kalpam—for the duration of the time of creation: evam—thus;
vesam—appearance; gatah—has accepted: esah—this: bhagavan—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; dtma-yoga-maéyaya—by His own
spiritual potency; viracita—perfected: vividha-loka-ydatra—the liveli-
hood of the various planetary systems; gopiydya—just to maintain; iti—
thus: arthah—the purpose.

TRANSLATION

The various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such
as Narayana and Visnu, are beautifully decorated with different
weapons. The Lord exhibits those forms to maintain all the varied
planets created by His personal potency, yogamaya.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (4.6) Lord Krsna says, sambhavamy dtma-mayaya:
“IT appear by My internal potency.” The word dtma-mayéa refers to the
Lord’s personal potency, yogamayd. After creating both the material
world and spiritual world through yogamdya, the Supreme Personality
of Godhead personally maintains them by expanding Himself in
different categories as the Visnu mirtis and the demigods. He maintains
the material creation from beginning to end. and He personally
maintains the spiritual world.
