40 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 1

Godhead. In space there are innumerable varieties of planets and also the
air, and in the air there are variously colored clouds, and sometimes we
see airplanes running from one place to another. Thus the entire cosmic
manifestation is full of variety, but actually that variety is a manifestation
of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and that energy is situated in
Him. Now the Lord Himself, after manifesting His energy, appeared within
the creation of His energy, which is simultaneously one with and different
from Himself, and therefore the demigods offered their respects to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead who manifests Himself in such varieties.
There are some philosophers, called nondualists, who, because of their
impersonal conception, think that the varieties are false. In this verse it is
specifically stated, yo mayaya viracitam. This indicates that the varieties
are a manifestation of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Thus because the energy is nondifferent from the Godhead, the varieties
are also factual. The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not
false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties. Here the word
praticaksanaya, ‘‘there are varieties,” announces the glories of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead who appeared as Nara-Narayana Rsi and who is
the origin of all varieties of material nature.

TEXT 57

asd fahroqfaniraaTy Bey

HAT A FVUTAAAATa:
eegnaeta == fata

oH TRTAAS fara aRA Vol!

so *yam sthiti-vyatikaropasamaya srstan
sattvena nah sura-ganan anumeya-tattvah
drsyad adabhra-karunena vilokanena
yac chriniketam amalam ksipataravindam

sah—that; ayam—He; sthiti—of the created world; vyatikara—calamities;
upasamaya—for destroying; srs{an—created; sattvena—by the mode of good-
ness; nah—us; sura-ganan—the demigods; anumeya-tattvah— understood by
the Vedas; driyat—glance over; adabhra-karunena—merciful; vilokanena—
glance; yat—which; Sriniketam—the home of the goddess of fortune;
amalam—spotless; k sipata—supersedes; aravindam—lotus.
