106 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 3
nayam gunah karma na san na cdsan
nisedha-seso jayatad asesah

yasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who; brahma-
ddayah—the great demigods, headed by Lord Brahma; devah—and
other demigods; vedah—the Vedic knowledge; lokah—different per-
sonalities; cara-acaréh—the moving and the nonmoving (like trees and
plants); ndma-ripa—of different names and different forms;
vibhedena—by such divisions; phalgvya—who are less important; ca—
also; kalaya—by the parts; krtah—created; yatha—as; arcisah—the
sparks; agneh—of fire; savituh—from the sun; gabhastayah—the shin-
ing particles; nirydnti—emanate from; saryanti—and enter into;
asakrt—again and again; sva-rocisah—as parts and parcels; tatha—
similarly; yatah—the Personality of Godhead from whom; ayam—this;
guna-sampravahah—continuous manifestation of the different modes of
nature; buddhih manah—the intelligence and mind; khdni—the senses;
Sarira—of the body (gross and subtle); sargah—the divisions; sah—that
Supreme Personality of Godhead; vai—indeed; na—is not; deva—
demigod; asura—demon; martya—human being; tiryak—bird or beast;
na—neither; stri—woman; na—nor; sandah—neuter; na—neither;
pumdén—man; na—nor; jantuh—living being or animal; na ayam—nor
is He; gunah—material quality; karma—fruitive activity; na—is not;
sat—manifestation; ma—nor; ca—also; asat—nonmanifestation;
nisedha—of the discrimination of neti neti (‘‘not this, not this”);
Sesah—He is the end; jayatdt—all glories unto Him; asesah—who is un-
limited.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts
and parcels, the jiva-tattva, beginning with Lord Brahma, the
demigods and the expansions of Vedic knowledge (Sama, Rg,
Yajur and Atharva] and including all other living entities, moving
and nonmoving, with their different names and characteristics. As
the sparks of a fire or the shining rays of the sun emanate from
their source and merge into it again and again, the mind, the intel-
ligence, the senses, the gross and subtle material bodies, and the
continuous transformations of the different modes of nature all
