Text 8] Diti Vows to Kill King Indra 215
urukramasya devasya
maya-vamana-ripinah
kirtau patnyam brhacchlokas
tasydsan saubhagadayah
ff urukramasya—of Urukrama; devasya—the Lord; maéyaé—by His in-
ternal potency; vémana-riipinah—having the form of a dwarf; kirtau—
in Kirti; patnyam—His wife; brhacchlokah—Brhatsloka; tasya—of
him; désan—were; saubhaga-ddayah—sons beginning with Saubhaga.
TRANSLATION
By His own potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who
has multifarious potencies, appeared in the form of a dwarf as
Urukrama, the twelfth son of Aditi. In the womb of His wife,
whose name was Kirti, He begot one son, named Brhatsloka, who
had many sons, headed by Saubhaga.
PURPORT
As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (4.6):
ajo ‘pi sann avyayatma
bhiitanam isvaro ‘pi san
prakrtim svam adhisthaya
sambhavamy atma-mayaya
‘Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates,
and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every
millennium in My original transcendental form.’”” When the Supreme
Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the
external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The
spiritual potency is also called maya. It is said, ato méyamayam visnurn
pravadanti manisinah: the body accepted by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is called méydmaya. This does not mean that He is formed of
the external energy; this mdyd refers to His internal potency.
