← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 8: Prayers of Queen Kunti and Parikshit Saved

Verse 16 of 52
SB 1.8.16

mā maṁsthā hy etad āścaryaṁ sarvāścaryamaye 'cyute ya idaṁ māyayā devyā sṛjaty avati hanty ajaḥ

Synonyms

do not; maṁsthāḥthink it; hicertainly; etatall these; āścaryamwonderful; sarvaall; āścaryamayein the all mysterious; acyutethe infallible; yaḥone who; idamthis, (creation) Mayaya—by His energy; māyayātranscendental. Srijati—creates; devyāmaintains; sṛjatianihilates; avatiunborn.

Translation

Oh Brahmins do not think it wonderful in the activities of the mysterious one infallible Personality of Godhead. It is so because He by His own transcendental energy, although He Himself unborn creates, maintains and anihilates all material affairs.

Purport

The activities of the Lord are always inconceivable by the tiny brain of the living entities. Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Lord but all His actions are wonderful for us and thus He is always beyond the range of our conceivable limits. The Lord is chief or the all powerful all perfect Personality of Godhead amongst all other living beings or personalities of different grades. The Lord is cent per cent perfect while all others namely Brahma, Narayan, Shiva, the demigods and all other living beings possess only different percentage of such perfection. No body is equal or greater than Him. He is unrivalled.

Verse 16 of 52
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