190 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5
prasidatam—be pleased; nah—upon us; sah—He; mahd-vibhitih—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has great prowess.
TRANSLATION
Greed is generated from His lower lip, affection from His upper
lip, bodily luster from His nose, animalistic lusty desires from His
sense of touch, Yamaraja from His eyebrows, and eternal time
from His eyelashes. May that Supreme Lord be pleased with us.
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maa amt amie
aanrarafatearaciea =|
aq gftred | sqavard
adieat a: a warfaagfa: ei
dravyam vayah karma gundn visesam
yad-yogamaya-vihitan vadanti
yad durvibhavyam prabudhapabadham
prasidatam nah sa mahé-vibhitih
dravyam—the five elements of the material world; vayah—time;
karma —fruitive activities; gundn—the three modes of material nature;
visesam—the varieties caused by combinations of the twenty-three ele-
ments; yat—that which; yoga-maya—by the Lord’s creative potency;
vihitan—all done; vadanti—all learned men say; yat durvibhavyam—
which is actually extremely difficult to understand; prabudha-
apabddham—rejected by the learned, by those who are fully aware;
prasidatam—may be pleased; nah—upon us; sah—He; maha-
vibhitih—the controller of everything.
TRANSLATION
All learned men say that the five elements, eternal time, fruitive
activity, the three modes of material nature, and the varieties pro-
duced by these modes are all creations of yogamaya. This material
world is therefore extremely difficult to understand, but those
