230 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 24

of these places. Although the air sometimes carries the odor of a filthy
place, the air has nothing to do with such a place. Similarly, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, being all-good and all-auspicious, is never
affected by the material qualities like an ordinary living entity. Purusah
prakrti-stho hi bhurkte prakrtijan gundn (Bg. 13.21). When the living
entity is in the material nature, he is affected by its qualities. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, is not affected. Dis-
respectfully, one who does not know this considers the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead an ordinary living being (avajénanti mam mudhéh).
Param bhavam ajanantah: such a conclusion is reached by the unin-
telligent because they are unaware of the transcendental qualities of the
Lord.
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MA AAH AHS Aa Aaa SA: |
AATSATA BST FWA FW Noll

dsid atita-kalpante

brahmo naimittiko layah
samudropaplutas tatra

loka bhiir-ddayo nrpa

dsit—there was; atita—past; kalpa-ante—at the end of the kalpa;
brahmah—of Lord Brahma’s day; naimittikah—because of that;

layah—inundation; samudra—in the ocean; upaplutah—were inun-
dated; tatra—there; lokah—all the planets; bhih-adayah—Bhih,
Bhuvah and Svah, the three lokas; nrpa—O King.

TRANSLATION

O King Pariksit, at the end of the past millennium, at the end of
Brahma’s day, because Lord Brahma sleeps during the night, an-
nihilation took place, and the three worlds were covered by the
water of the ocean.

TEXT 8
sara wa: frat |
Gad Pasar Wary TaMaSHT BS TTTIICII
