aṇimÄdyair mahimabhir
ajÄdyÄbhir vibhÅ«tibhiḥ
catur-vimśatibhis tattvaiḥ
parÄ«tÄ mahad-Ädibhiḥ
aṇimÄ-Ädyaiḥ - headed by aṇimÄ; mahimabhiḥ - by opulences; ajÄ-ÄdyÄbhiḥ - headed by AjÄ; vibhÅ«tibhiḥ - by potencies; catuḥ-vimÅ›atibhiḥ - twenty-four in number; tattvaiḥ - by elements for the creation of the material world; parÄ«tÄḥ - (all the viṣṇu-mÅ«rtis) were surrounded; mahat-Ädibhiḥ - headed by the mahat-tattva.
All the viṣṇu-mÅ«rtis were surrounded by the opulences, headed by aṇimÄ-siddhi; by the mystic potencies, headed by AjÄ; and by the twenty-four elements for the creation of the material world, headed by the mahat-tattva.
In this verse the word mahimabhiḥ means aiÅ›varya, or opulence. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can do whatever He likes. That is His aiÅ›varya. No one can command Him, but He can command everyone. Sad-aiÅ›varya-pÅ«rṇam. The Lord is full in six opulences. The yoga-siddhis, the perfections of yoga, such as the ability to become smaller than the smallest (aṇimÄ-siddhi) or bigger than the biggest (mahimÄ-siddhi), are present in Lord Viṣṇu. Sad-aiÅ›varyaiḥ pÅ«rṇo ya iha bhagavÄn (Cc. Ä€di 1.3). The word ajÄ means mÄyÄ, or mystic power. Everything mysterious is in full existence in Viṣṇu.
The twenty-four elements mentioned are the five working senses (pañca-karmendriya), the five senses for obtaining knowledge (pañca-jñÄnendriya), the five gross material elements (pañca-mahÄbhÅ«ta), the five sense objects (pañca-tanmÄtra), the mind (manas), the false ego (ahaá¹…kÄra), the mahat-tattva, and material nature (praká¹›ti). All twenty-four of these elements are employed for the manifestation of this material world. The mahat-tattva is divided into different subtle categories, but originally it is called the mahat-tattva.
