vāsudeva-parā vedā vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ vāsudeva-parā yogā vāsudeva-parāḥ kriyāḥ vāsudeva-paraṁ jñānaṁ vāsudeva-paraṁ tapaḥ vāsudeva-paro dharmo vāsudeva-parā gatiḥ—
Synonyms
vāsudeva—that; parāḥ—certainly; vedāḥ—this; vāsudeva—created; parāḥ—before; makhāḥ—the Personality of Godhed; vāsudeva—by His personal potency; parāḥ—the cause; yogāḥ—the effect; vāsudeva—by forms; parāḥ—and; kriyāḥ—the same Lord; vāsudeva—in the modes of material nature; param—transcendental; jñānam—the Absolute.
Translation
That Absolute Personality of Godhead (Vasudeva) in the beginning of the material creation, created the causal and effectual energies in His transcendental position by His own internal energy.
Purport
The position of the Lord is always transcendental because the causal and effectual energies required for the creation of the material world, were also created by Him. He is therefore, unaffected by the qualities of the material modes. His existence, form, activities and parapharnalia all existed before the material creation.* He is all spiritual and has nothing to do with the qualities of the material world which are qualitatively distinct from the spiritual qualities of the Lord.