234 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 4

na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate
na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate
parasya saktir vividhaiva srityate
svabhaviki jndna-bala-kriya ca
(Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.8)

He has nothing to do personally, for since His potencies are perfect,
everything is immediately done by His will. Persons to whom the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is not revealed cannot see how He is
working, and therefore they think that even if there is God, He has
nothing to do or has no particular name.

Actually the Lord’s name already exists because of His transcendental
activities. The Lord is sometimes called guna-karma-nama because He is
named according to His transcendental activities. For example, Krsna
means “‘all-attractive.” This is the Lord’s name because His transcenden-
tal qualities make Him very attractive. As a small boy He lifted
Govardhana Hill and in His childhood He killed many demons. Such ac-
tivities are very attractive, and therefore He is sometimes called
Giridhari, Madhusiidana, Agha-nisiidana and so on. Because He acted as
the son of Nanda Maharaja, He is called Nanda-tanuja. These names
already exist, but since nondevotees cannot understand the names of the
Lord, He is sometimes called anadma, or nameless. This means that he
has no material names. All His activities are spiritual, and therefore He
has spiritual names.

Generally, less intelligent men are under the impression that the Lord
has no form. Therefore He appears in His original form as Krsna, sac-
cid-ananda-vigraha, to carry out His mission of participating in the Bat-
tle of Kuruksetra and pastimes to protect the devotees and vanquish the
demons (paritrandya sddhiinarh vindsaya ca duskrtam). This is His
mercy. For those who think that He has no form and no work to do,
Krsna comes to show that indeed He works. He works so gloriously that
no one else can perform such uncommon acts. Although He appeared as a
human being, He married 16,108 wives, which is impossible for a
human being to do. The Lord performs such activities to show people
how great He is, how affectionate He is and how merciful He is. Although
His original name is Krsna (krsnas tu bhagavan svayam), He acts in un-
limited ways, and therefore according to His work He has many, many
thousands of names.
