Text 34] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 127

duravabodha iva tavayam vihara-yogo yad asarano ’Sarira idam
anaveksitasmat-samavaya atmanaivavikriyamdanena sagunam agunah
srjasi pasi harasi.

duravabodhah—difficult to understand; iva—quite; tava—Your;
ayam—this; vihdra-yogah—engagement in the pastimes of material
creation, maintenance and annihilation; yat—which; asaranah—not
dependent on any other support; asarirah—without having a material
body; idam—this; anaveksita—without waiting for; asmat—of us:
samavayah—the cooperation; @tmana—by Your own self; eva—indeed:
avikriyaménena—without being transformed; sa-gunam—the material
modes of nature; agunah—although transcendental to such material
qualities; srjasi— You create; pdsi—maintain; harasi—annihilate.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You need no support, and although You have no ma-
terial body, You do not need cooperation from us. Since You are
the cause of the cosmic manifestation and You supply its material
ingredients without being transformed, You create, maintain and
annihilate this cosmic manifestation by Yourself. Nevertheless, al-
though You appear engaged in material activity, You are transcen-
dental to all material qualities. Consequently these transcendental
activities of Yours are extremely difficult to understand.

PURPORT

The Brahma-samhita (5.37) says, goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-
bhitah: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is always situated
in Goloka Vrndavana. It is also said, vrndaévanam parityajya padam
ekam na gacchati: Krsna never goes even a step from Vrndavana.
Nevertheless, although Krsna is situated in His own abode, Goloka
Vrndavana, He is simultaneously all-pervading and is therefore present
everywhere. This is very difficult for a conditioned soul to understand.
but devotees can understand how Krsna, without undergoing any
changes, can simultaneously be in His abode and be all-pervasive. The
demigods are understood to be various limbs of the Supreme Lord's

body, although the Supreme Lord has no material body and does not need
