164 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 3

taya—unto he who is endowed; tasmai—unto him; bhagavate—unto
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; namah—I offer my respectful
obeisances.

TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme, who in
his unlimited, unmanifested form has expanded the cosmic
manifestation, the form of the totality of the universe. He
possesses external and internal energies and the mixed energy
called the marginal potency, which consists of all the living
entities.

PURPORT

The Lord is endowed with unlimited potencies (pardsya Saktir
vividhaiva Srityate), which are summarized as three, namely external,
internal and marginal. The external potency manifests this material
world, the internal potency manifests the spiritual world, and the
marginal potency manifests the living entities, who are mixtures of in-
ternal and external. The living entity, being part and parcel of Parabrah-
man, is actually internal potency, but because of being in contact with
the material energy, he is an emanation of material and spiritual en-
ergies. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is above the material energy
and is engaged in spiritual pastimes. The material energy is only an ex-
ternal manifestation of His pastimes.

TEXT 35

ae qraeafany TW TT |
RATATAT TAT TA TAT RSI

yadi dasyasy abhimatan
varan me varadottama
bhiitebhyas tvad-visrstebhyo
mrtyur ma bhiin mama prabho

yadi—if; ddsyasi—you will give; abhimatan—the desired; varan—
benedictions; me—unto me; varada-uttama—O best of all benedictors;
bhitebhyah—from living entities; tuat—by you; visrstebhyah—who are
