यो मायया विरचितं निजयात्मनीदं
खे रूपभेदमिव तत्प्रतिचक्षणाय ।
एतेन धर्मसदने ऋषिमूर्तिनाद्य
प्रादुश्चकार पुरुषाय नमः परस्मै ॥५६॥
devÄ Å«cuḥ
yo mÄyayÄ viracitaá¹ nijayÄtmanÄ«daá¹
khe rÅ«pa-bhedam iva tat-praticaká¹£aṇÄya
etena dharma-sadane ṛṣi-mÅ«rtinÄdya
prÄduÅ›cakÄra puruá¹£Äya namaḥ parasmai
devÄḥ - the demigods; Å«cuḥ - said; yaḥ - who; mÄyayÄ - by the external energy; viracitam - was created; nijayÄ - by His own; Ätmani - being situated in Him; idam - this; khe - in the sky; rÅ«pa-bhedam - bunches of clouds; iva - as if; tat - of Himself; praticaká¹£aṇÄya - for manifesting; etena - with this; dharma-sadane - in the house of Dharma; ṛṣi-mÅ«rtinÄ - with the form of a sage; adya - today; prÄduÅ›cakÄra - appeared; puruá¹£Äya - unto the Personality of Godhead; namaḥ - respectful obeisances; parasmai - the Supreme.
The demigods said: Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the transcendental Personality of Godhead, who created as His external energy this cosmic manifestation, which is situated in Him as the air and clouds are situated in space, and who has now appeared in the form of Nara-NÄrÄyaṇa Ṛṣi in the house of Dharma.
The universal form of the Lord is the cosmic manifestation, which is an exhibition of the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In space there are innumerable varieties of planets and also the air, and in the air there are variously colored clouds, and sometimes we see airplanes running from one place to another. Thus the entire cosmic manifestation is full of variety, but actually that variety is a manifestation of the external energy of the Supreme Lord, and that energy is situated in Him. Now the Lord Himself, after manifesting His energy, appeared within the creation of His energy, which is simultaneously one with and different from Himself, and therefore the demigods offered their respects to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who manifests Himself in such varieties. There are some philosophers, called nondualists, who because of their impersonal conception think that varieties are false. In this verse it is specifically stated, yo mÄyayÄ viracitam. This indicates that the varieties are a manifestation of the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus because the energy is nondifferent from the Godhead, the varieties are also factual. The material varieties may be temporary, but they are not false. They are a reflection of the spiritual varieties. Here the word praticaká¹£aṇÄya, “there are varieties,†announces the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared as Nara-NÄrÄyaṇa Ṛṣi and who is the origin of all varieties of material nature.
