272 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 7

when persons who do not know your austerity see you moving
with Uma, they misunderstand you to be lusty, or when they see
you wandering in the crematorium they mistakenly think that you
are ferocious and envious. Certainly they are shameless. They can-
not understand your activities.

PURPORT

Lord Siva is the topmost Vaisnava (vaisnavanam yatha sambhuh). It
is therefore said, vaisnavera kriyd-mudra vijnie nd bujhaya. Even the
most intelligent person cannot understand what a Vaisnava like Lord
Siva is doing or how he is acting. Those who are conquered by lusty
desires and anger cannot estimate the glories of Lord Siva, whose posi-
tion is always transcendental. In all the activities associated with lusty
desires, Lord Siva is an implement of Gtma-rama. Ordinary persons,
therefore, should not try to understand Lord Siva and his activities. One
who tries to criticize the activities of Lord Siva is shameless.

TEXT 34

qq TAF ACA: Wa: TWA

TS: AST TAT |
wanea: Paya aaaa TH 7

TAT ATT TT HE a HATAT 1132

tat tasya te sad-asatoh paratah parasya
ndijah svaripa-gamane prabhavanti bhimnah
brahmadayah kim uta sarhstavane vaya tu
tat-sarga-sarga-visaya api Sakti-matram

tat—therefore; tasya—of that; te—of Your Lordship; sat-asatoh—of
the living entities, moving and not moving; paratah—transcendentally
situated; parasya—very difficult to understand; na—nor; afjah—as it
is; svariipa-gamane—to approach your reality; prabhavanti—it is possi-
ble; bhimnah—O great one; brahma-ddayah—even such persons as
Lord Brahma; kim uta—what to speak of others; saristavane—in offer-
ing prayers; vayam tu—as far as we are concerned; tat—of you; sarga-
