240 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 16

namah sivaya rudraya
namah sakti-dharaya ca

sarva-vidyadhipataye
bhiitanam pataye namah

namah—I offer my respectful obeisances unto You; sivéya—the in-
carnation named Lord Siva; rudréya—the expansion named Rudra;
namah—obeisances; sakti-dharaya—the reservoir of all potencies; ca—
and; sarva-vidyd-adhipataye—the reservoir of all knowledge;
bhiitandm—of the living entities; pataye—the supreme master;
namah—| offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

TRANSLATION

I offer my respectful obeisances unto You, Lord Siva, or Rudra,
who are the reservoir of all potencies, the reservoir of all knowl-
edge, and the master of everyone.

PURPORT

It is the system for one to offer obeisances unto the expansion or incar-
nation of the Lord. Lord Siva is the incarnation of i ignorance, one of the
material modes of nature.

TEXT 33

amt fewaraty st aTeKay |
MATIN «= AAKA | -ATTETT 113:311

namo hiranyagarbhaya
prandaya jagad-dtmane

yogaisvarya-sariraya
namas te yoga-hetave

namah—I_ offer my_ respectful obeisances unto You;
hiranyagarbhaya—situated as the four-headed Hiranyagarbha,
Brahma; prdndya—the source of everyone’s life; jagat-atmane—the
Supersoul of the entire universe; yoga-aisvarya-Sariraya —whose body
