Text 25] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 117

TH AT TANT Ge: Aaled:
gaara fea Taettaattetat: 4 I

ya eka iso nija-mayaya nah
sasarja yendnusrjama visvam

vayam na yasyapi purah samihatah
pasyama lingam prthag isa-maninah

yah—He who; ekah—one; isah—controller; nija-mayaya—by His
transcendental potency; nah—us; sasarja—created; yena—by whom
(through whose mercy); anusrjama—we also create; visvam—the uni-
verse: vayam—we; na—not; yasya—of whom; api—although:
purah—in front of us; samihatah—of Him who is acting; pasyama—
see: lirgam—the form; prthak—separate; isa—as_ controllers:
méninah—thinking of ourselves.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created us by His ex-
ternal potency and by whose mercy we expand the creation of the
universe, is always situated before us as the Supersoul, but we can-
not see His form. We are unable to see Him because all of us think
that we are separate and independent gods.

PURPORT

Here is an explanation of why the conditioned soul cannot see the
Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. Even though the Lord ap-
pears before us as Lord Krsna or Lord Ramacandra and lives in human
society as a leader or king, the conditioned soul cannot understand Him.
Avajananti mém midhé ménusim tanum Gésritam: rascals (midhas)
deride the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thinking Him an ordinary
human being. However insignificant we are, we think that we are also
God, that we can create a universe or that we can create another God.
This is why we cannot see or understand the Supreme Personality of

Godhead. In this regard, Srila Madhvacarya says:

lingam eva pasyamah
kadacid abhimanas tu
