Srimad Bhagavatam 08.03.04 - Radharani's Inconceivable Mercy (download mp3)
by Narahari Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 8.3.4
yah svatmanidam nija-mayayarpitam
kvacid vibhatam kva ca tat tirohitam
aviddha-drk saksy ubhayam tad iksate
sa atma-mulo 'vatu mam parat-parah
yah svatmanidam nija-mayayarpitam
kvacid vibhatam kva ca tat tirohitam
aviddha-drk saksy ubhayam tad iksate
sa atma-mulo 'vatu mam parat-parah
Translation:
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His own energy, keeps this cosmic manifestation visible and again sometimes renders it invisible. He is both the supreme cause and the supreme result, the observer and the witness, in all circumstances. Thus He is transcendental to everything. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has multipotencies (parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate [Cc. Madhya 13.65, purport]). Therefore, as soon as He likes, He uses one of His potencies, and by that expansion He creates this cosmic manifestation. Again, when the cosmic manifestation is annihilated, it rests in Him. Nonetheless, He is infallibly the supreme observer. Under any circumstances, the Supreme Lord is changeless. He is simply a witness and is aloof from all creation and annihilation.
