Text 40] The Lord Slays the King of the Demons 159
sri-brahmovaca
nato ’smy anantaya duranta-saktaye
vicitra-viryaya pavitra-karmane
visvasya sarga-sthiti-sarryaman gunaih
sva-lilaya sandadhate ‘vyayatmane

$ri-brahmé uvaca—Lord Brahma said; natah—bowed down; asmi—I
am; anantéya—unto the unlimited Lord; duranta—very difficult to find
an end to; saktaye—who possesses different potencies; vicitra-viryaya—
having varieties of prowess; pavitra-karmane—whose actions have no
reaction (even though doing contrary things, He remains without con-
tamination by the material modes); visvasya—of the universe; sarga—
creation; sthiti—maintenance; sammyaman—and annihilation; gunaih—
by the material qualities; sva-lilaya—very easily; sandadhate—per-
forms; avyaya-atmane—whose personality never deteriorates.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma prayed: My Lord, You are unlimited, and You
possess unending potencies. No one can estimate or calculate Your
prowess and wonderful influence, for Your actions are never
polluted by the material energy. Through the material qualities,
You very easily create the universe, maintain it and again annihi-
late it, yet You remain the same, without deterioration. I therefore
offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

The activities of the Lord are always wonderful. His personal servants
Jaya and Vijaya were confidential friends, yet they were cursed, and they
accepted bodies of demons. Again, in the family of one such demon,
Prahlada Maharaja was caused to take birth to exhibit the behavior of an
exalted devotee, and then the Lord accepted the body of Nrsirnhadeva to
kill that same demon, who by the Lord’s own will had taken birth in a
demoniac family. Therefore, who can understand the Lord’s transcen-
dental activities? Not to speak of understanding the transcendental ac-
tivities of the Lord, no one can understand even the activities of His
servants. In Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 23.39) it is said, tanra
vakya, kriya, mudra vijneha naé bhujhaya: no one can understand the
