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intelligence, is working under His control. He is the illuminator of
everything and has no ignorance. He does not have a material body
subject to the reactions of previous activities, and He is free from
the ignorance of partiality and materialistic education. I therefore
take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, who is eternal,
all-pervading and as great as the sky and who appears with six opu-
lences in three yugas [Satya, Treta and Dvapara].

PURPORT

In the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is described in this way: janmady asya yato ’nvaydd itaratas
carthesv abhijfiah. The Lord is the origin of all emanations, and He
directly and indirectly knows everything about all the activities within
His creation. Therefore the Lord is addressed here as vipascitam, one
who is full of all knowledge or who knows everything. The Lord is the
Supreme Soul, and He knows everything about the living entities and
their senses.

The word anidram, meaning “always awake and free from ig-
norance,” is very important in this verse. As stated in Bhagavad-gita
(15.15), mattah smrtir Jfianam apohanam ca: it is the Lord who gives in-
telligence to everyone and who causes everyone to forget. There are
millions and millions of living entities, and the Lord gives them direc-
tions. Therefore He has no time to sleep, and He is never in ignorance of
our activities. The Lord is the witness of everything; He sees what we are
doing at every moment. The Lord is not covered by a body resulting from
karma. Our bodies are formed as a result of our past deeds (karmand
daiva-netrena), but the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not have a
material body, and therefore He has no avidyd, ignorance. He does not
sleep, but is always alert and awake.

The Supreme Lord is described as tri-yuga because although He ap-
peared variously in Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga and Dvapara-yuga, when He
appeared in Kali-yuga He never declared Himself the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.

krsna-varnam tvisdkrsnam
sanigopangastra-parsadam
