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 ignorance, one of the
material modes of nature.
TEXT 33
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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
