142 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

of His Lordship, even I was illusioned by His energy. What then is
to be said of others, who are fully dependent on maya?

TEXT 44

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yar mam aprcchas tvam upetya yogat
sama-sahasranta uparatam vai

sa esa sdksat purusah purdno
na yatra kalo visate na vedah

yam—about whom; maéam—from me; aprcchah—inquired; tvam—
you; upetya—coming near me; yogat—from performing mystic yoga;
sama—years; sahasra-ante—at the end of one thousand; updératam—
ceasing; vai—indeed; sah—He; esah—here is; saksat—directly;
purusah—the Supreme Person; purdnah—the original; na—not;
yatra—where; kdalah—eternal time; visate—can enter; na—nor;

vedah—the Vedas.

TRANSLATION

When I finished performing mystic yoga for one thousand
years, you asked me upon whom I was meditating. Now, here is
that Supreme Person to whom time has no entrance and who the
Vedas cannot understand.

PURPORT

Eternal time enters anywhere and everywhere, but it cannot enter the
kingdom of god. Nor can the Vedas understand the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. This is an indication of the Lord’s being omnipotent,
omnipresent and omniscient.
