एतावतालं ननु सूचितेन गुणैरसाम्यानतिशायनस्य ।
हित्वेतरान्प्रार्थयतो विभूतिर्यस्याङ्घ्रिरेणुं जुषतेऽनभीप्सोः ॥२०॥

etÄvatÄlaá¹ nanu sÅ«citena
guṇair asÄmyÄnatiÅ›Äyanasya
hitvetarÄn prÄrthayato vibhÅ«tir
yasyÄá¹…ghri-reṇuá¹ juá¹£ate 'nabhÄ«psoḥ

 etÄvatÄ - so far; alam - unnecessary; nanu - if at all; sÅ«citena - by description; guṇaiḥ - by attributes; asÄmya - immeasurable; anati-Å›Äyanasya - of one who is unexcelled; hitvÄ - leaving aside; itarÄn - others; prÄrthayataḥ - of those who ask for; vibhÅ«tiḥ - favor of the goddess of fortune; yasya - one whose; aá¹…ghri - feet; reṇum - dust; juá¹£ate - serves; anabhÄ«psoḥ - of one who is unwilling.


Text

It is now ascertained that He [the Personality of Godhead] is unlimited and there is none equal to Him. Consequently no one can speak of Him adequately. Great demigods cannot obtain the favor of the goddess of fortune even by prayers, but this very goddess renders service unto the Lord, although He is unwilling to have such service.

Purport

The Personality of Godhead, or the ParameÅ›vara Parabrahman, according to the Å›rutis, has nothing to do. He has no equal. Nor does anyone excel Him. He has unlimited potencies, and His every action is carried out systematically in His natural and perfect ways. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself, and He has nothing to accept from anyone else, including the great demigods like BrahmÄ. Others ask for the favor of the goddess of fortune, and despite such prayers she declines to award such favors. But still she renders service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He has nothing to accept from her. The Personality of Godhead in His GarbhodakaÅ›ÄyÄ« Viṣṇu feature begets BrahmÄ, the first created person in the material world, from His navel lotus stem and not in the womb of the goddess of fortune, who is eternally engaged in His service. These are some of the instances of His complete independence and perfection. That He has nothing to do does not mean that He is impersonal. He is transcendentally so full of inconceivable potencies that simply by His willing, everything is done without physical or personal endeavor. He is called, therefore, YogeÅ›vara, or the Lord of all mystic powers.