210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 6
cessation to His appearance in different forms as incarnations like Lord
Krsna and Lord Rama. Since His incarnations are eternal, the various ac-
tivities performed by these incarnations are also eternal. The Supreme
Personality of Godhead does not appear because He is forced to do so by
karma like ordinary living entities who are forced to accept a certain type
of body. It is to be understood that the Lord’s body and activities are all
transcendental, being free from the contamination of the material modes
of nature. These pastimes are transcendental bliss to the Lord. The word
apariganya-dhamne is very significant. There is no limit to the Lord’s
appearance in different incarnations. All of these incarnations are eter-
nal, blissful and full of knowledge.
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wishiftitantay |
Wi Ma ae Aaatary
marergag = feaqat i i
ripam tavaitat purusarsabhejyam
Sreyo ’rthibhir vaidika-tantrikena
yogena dhatah saha nas tri-lokan
pasyamy amusminn u ha visva-mirtau
ripam—form; tava—Your; etat—this; purusa-rsabha—O best of all
personalities; ijyam—worshipable; sreyah—ultimate auspiciousness;
arthibhih—by persons who desire; vaidika—under the direction of
Vedic instructions; tantrikena—realized by followers of Tantras, like
Ndrada-pajicaratra; yogena—by practice of mystic yoga; dhadtah—O
supreme director; saha—with; nah—us (the demigods); tri-lokan—
controlling the three worlds; pasyaémi—we see directly; amusmin—in
You; u—oh; ha—completely manifested; visva-mirtau—in You, who
have the universal form.
TRANSLATION
O best of persons, O supreme director, those who actually aspire
for supreme good fortune worship this form of Your Lordship ac-
