परस्य मायाधिपतेर्महात्मनः ।
प्रायेण दूता इह वै मनोहरा
श्चरन्ति तद्रूपगुणस्वभावाः ॥१७॥
tasyÄtma-tantrasya harer adhÄ«Å›ituḥ
parasya mÄyÄdhipater mahÄtmanaḥ
prÄyeṇa dÅ«tÄ iha vai manoharÄÅ›
caranti tad-rÅ«pa-guṇa-svabhÄvÄḥ
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tasya - of Him; Ätma-tantrasya - being self-sufficient, not dependent on any other person; hareḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhÄ«Å›ituḥ - who is the master of everything; parasya - the Transcendence; mÄyÄ-adhipateḥ - the master of the illusory energy; mahÄ-Ätmanaḥ - of the Supreme Soul; prÄyeṇa - almost; dÅ«tÄḥ - the order carriers; iha - in this world; vai - indeed; manoharÄḥ - pleasing in their dealings and bodily features; caranti - they move; tat - of Him; rÅ«pa - possessing the bodily features; guṇa - the transcendental qualities; svabhÄvÄḥ - and nature.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-sufficient and fully independent. He is the master of everyone and everything, including the illusory energy. He has His form, qualities and features; and similarly His order carriers, the Vaiṣṇavas, who are very beautiful, possess bodily features, transcendental qualities and a transcendental nature almost like His. They always wander within this world with full independence.
YamarÄja was describing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, but the order carriers of YamarÄja were very eager to know about the ViṣṇudÅ«tas, who had defeated them in their encounter with AjÄmila. YamarÄja therefore stated that the ViṣṇudÅ«tas resemble the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their bodily features, transcendental qualities and nature. In other words, the ViṣṇudÅ«tas, or Vaiṣṇavas, are almost as qualified as the Supreme Lord. YamarÄja informed the YamadÅ«tas that the ViṣṇudÅ«tas are no less powerful than Lord Viṣṇu. Since Viṣṇu is above YamarÄja, the ViṣṇudÅ«tas are above the YamadÅ«tas. Persons protected by the ViṣṇudÅ«tas, therefore, cannot be touched by the YamadÅ«tas.
