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Chapter 20: Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura

Verse 44 of 53
SB 3.20.44

सिद्धान्विद्याधरांश्चैव तिरोधानेन सो ऽसृजत् तेभ्यो ऽददात्तमात्मानमन्तर्धानाख्यमद्भुतम्

siddhān vidyādharāṁś caiva tirodhānena so 'sṛjat tebhyo 'dadāt tam ātmānam antardhānākhyam adbhutam

Synonyms

siddhānthe Siddhas; vidyādharānVidyādharas; ca evaand also; tiraḥ-dhānenaby the faculty of remaining hidden from vision; saḥLord Brahmā; asṛjatcreated; tebhyaḥto them; adadātgave; tam ātmānamthat form of his; antardhāna-ākhyamknown as the Antardhāna; adbhutamwonderful..

Translation

Then Lord Brahmā, by his ability to be hidden from vision, created the Siddhas and Vidyādharas, and gave them that wonderful form of his known as the Antardhāna.

Purport

Antardhāna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.

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