92 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 3

sarvégamdmndya-maharnavaya
namo ’pavargaya parayandaya

namah—I offer my respectful obeisances; namah—again I offer my
respectful obeisances; te—unto You; akhila-kadrandya—unto the
supreme cause of everything; niskarandya—unto You who are cause-
less; adbhuta-karandya—the wonderful cause of everything; sarva—
all; @gama-G@mndya—unto the source of the parampara system of all
Vedic knowledge; mahd-arnavaéya—the great ocean of knowledge, or
the great ocean wherein all the rivers of knowledge merge; namah—I
offer my obeisances; apavargaya—unto You who can give deliverance or
liberation; para-ayandya—the shelter of all transcendentalists.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are the cause of all causes, but You Yourself have
no cause. Therefore You are the wonderful cause of everything. I
offer my respectful obeisances unto You, who are the shelter of the
Vedic knowledge contained in the sastras like the Pafcaratras and
Vedanta-siitra, which are Your representations, and who are the
source of the parampara system. Because it is You who can give
liberation, You are the only shelter for all transcendentalists. Let
me offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described herein as the won-
derful cause. He is wonderful in the sense that although there may be
unlimited emanations from the Supreme Personality of Godhead
(janmady asya yatah), He always remains complete (pirnasya pirnam
Gdaya pirnam evavasisyate). In our experience in the material world, if
we have a bank balance of one million dollars, as we withdraw money
from the bank the balance gradually diminishes until it becomes nil.
However, the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, is so complete
that although innumerable Personalities of Godhead expand from Him,
He remains the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ptirnasya
purnam ddéya pirnam evdvasisyate. Therefore He is the wonderful
cause. Govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami.
