á¹£aá¸-aiÅ›varya-pÅ«rṇÄnanda-vigraha yÄá¹…hÄra
hena-bhagavÄne tumi kaha nirÄkÄra ?

 á¹£aá¹­-aiÅ›varya-pÅ«rṇa - with six opulences in full; Änanda - blissful; vigraha - form; yÄá¹…hÄra - whose; hena-bhagavÄne - unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead; tumi - you; kaha - said; nirÄkÄra - without any form.


Text

“Are you describing as formless that Supreme Personality of Godhead whose transcendental form is complete with six transcendental opulences?

Purport

If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is formless, how can He be said to walk very fast and accept everything offered to Him? Rejecting the direct meaning of the Vedic mantras, the MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers interpret them and try to establish the Absolute Truth as formless. Actually, the Supreme Lord has an eternal personal form full of all opulence. The MÄyÄvÄdÄ« philosophers try to interpret the Absolute Truth as being without potency. However, in the ÅšvetÄÅ›vatara Upaniá¹£ad (6.8) it is clearly said, parÄsya Å›aktir vividhaiva Å›rÅ«yate: “The Absolute Truth has multipotencies.â€