200 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 5
the origin of visnu-tattva, one can become fully satisfied and perfect in
all respects.
TEXT 50
aaaeaaaeaa «=o afdaaaleaanatt |
farang aetara aTeNT ay ATEMAT MIM oll
namas tubhyam anantaya
durvitarkyatma-karmane
nirgundya gunesdya
sattva-sthaya ca sampratam
namah—all obeisances; tubhyam—unto You, my Lord; anantaya—
who are everlasting, transcending the three phases of time (past, present
and future); durvitarkya-atma-karmane—unto You, who perform in-
conceivable activities; nirgunaya—which are all transcendental, free
from the inebriety of material qualities; guna-isdéya—unto You, who
control the three modes of material nature; sattva-sthaya—who are in
favor of the material quality of goodness; ca—also; sémpratam—at pre-
sent.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, all obeisances unto You, who are eternal, beyond
time’s limits of past, present and future. You are inconceivable in
Your activities, You are the master of the three modes of material
nature, and, being transcendental to all material qualities, You are
free from material contamination. You are the controller of all
three of the modes of nature, but at the present You are in favor of
the quality of goodness. Let us offer our respectful obeisances
unto You.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead controls the material activities
_manifested by the three modes of material nature. As stated in
Bhagavad-gitd, nirgunam guna-bhoktr ca: the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is always transcendental to the material qualities (sattva-guna,
rajo-guna and tamo-guna), but nonetheless He is their controller. The
