gandharvÄ ĹŤcuḼ
amĹÄmĹÄs te deva marÄŤcy-Ädaya ete
brahmendrÄdyÄ deva-gaášÄ rudra-purogÄḼ
krÄŤá¸Ä-bhÄášá¸aáš viĹvam idaáš yasya vibhĹŤman
tasmai nityaáš nÄtha namas te karavÄma
gandharvÄḼ - the Gandharvas; ĹŤcuḼ - said; amĹa-amĹÄḼ - parts and parcels of Your body; te - Your; deva - dear Lord; marÄŤci-ÄdayaḼ - MarÄŤci and the great sages; ete - these; brahma-indra-ÄdyÄḼ - headed by BrahmÄ and Indra; deva-gaášÄḼ - the demigods; rudra-purogÄḼ - having Lord Ĺiva as the chief; krÄŤá¸Ä-bhÄášá¸am - a plaything; viĹvam - the whole creation; idam - this; yasya - of whom; vibhĹŤman - the Supreme Almighty Great; tasmai - unto Him; nityam - always; nÄtha - O Lord; namaḼ - respectful obeisances; te - unto You; karavÄma - we offer.
In the Brahma-saášhitÄ it is said that KášášŁáša is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There may be many gods, from BrahmÄ, Lord Ĺiva, Indra and Candra down to the rulers of the lower planetary systems, and the presidents, ministers, chairmen and kings. In fact, anyone can think that he is God. That is the false, puffed-up conviction of material life. Actually Viᚣášu is the Supreme Lord, but there is even one above Viᚣášu, for Viᚣášu is also the plenary portion of a part of KášášŁáša. In this verse this is referred to by the word aášĹÄášĹÄḼ, which refers to part and parcel of a part and parcel. There are similar verses in the Caitanya-caritÄmášta which indicate that the Supreme Lordâs parts and parcels again expand into other parts and parcels. As described in ĹrÄŤmad-BhÄgavatam, there are many manifestations of Viᚣášu and many manifestations of living entities. Viᚣášu manifestations are called svÄášĹa, partial manifestations, and the living entities are called vibhinnÄášĹa. The demigods like BrahmÄ and Indra have been promoted to such exalted positions by pious activities and austerities, but actually Viᚣášu, or KášášŁáša, is the master of everyone. In the Caitanya-caritÄmášta it is said, ekale ÄŤĹvara kášášŁáša, Ära saba bháštya. This means that KášášŁáša alone is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all others, even the viᚣášu-tattva and certainly the living entities, are His servitors. Baladeva is the immediate expansion of KášášŁáša. He also engages in the service of KášášŁáša, and certainly the ordinary living entities are serving. Everyone is created, constitutionally, for serving KášášŁáša. Here the Gandharvas acknowledge that although the demigods may represent themselves as the Supreme, actually they are not supreme. Real supremacy belongs to KášášŁáša. KášášŁášas tu bhagavÄn svayam is the statement of ĹrÄŤmad-BhÄgavatam: âKášášŁáša is the only Supreme Lord.â Worship of KášášŁáša alone, therefore, includes worship of all the parts and parcels, just as watering the root of a tree also waters all the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers.