नतोऽस्म्यनन्ताय दुरन्तशक्तये
विचित्रवीर्याय पवित्रकर्मणे ।
विश्वस्य सर्गस्थितिसंयमान् गुणैः
स्वलीलया सन्दधतेऽव्ययात्मने ॥४०॥
Å›rÄ«-brahmovÄca
nato 'smy anantÄya duranta-Å›aktaye
vicitra-vÄ«ryÄya pavitra-karmaṇe
viÅ›vasya sarga-sthiti-saá¹yamÄn guṇaiḥ
sva-lÄ«layÄ sandadhate 'vyayÄtmane
Å›rÄ«-brahmÄ uvÄca - Lord BrahmÄ said; nataḥ - bowed down; asmi - I am; anantÄya - unto the unlimited Lord; duranta - very difficult to find an end to; Å›aktaye - who possesses different potencies; vicitra-vÄ«ryÄya - having varieties of prowess; pavitra-karmaṇe - whose actions have no reaction (even though doing contrary things, He remains without contamination by the material modes); viÅ›vasya - of the universe; sarga - creation; sthiti - maintenance; saá¹yamÄn - and annihilation; guṇaiḥ - by the material qualities; sva-lÄ«layÄ - very easily; sandadhate - performs; avyaya-Ätmane - whose personality never deteriorates.
Lord BrahmÄ prayed: My Lord, You are unlimited, and You possess unending potencies. No one can estimate or calculate Your prowess and wonderful influence, for Your actions are never polluted by the material energy. Through the material qualities, You very easily create the universe, maintain it and again annihilate it, yet You remain the same, without deterioration. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
The activities of the Lord are always wonderful. His personal servants Jaya and Vijaya were confidential friends, yet they were cursed, and they accepted bodies of demons. Again, in the family of one such demon, PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja was caused to take birth to exhibit the behavior of an exalted devotee, and then the Lord accepted the body of Ná¹›siá¹hadeva to kill that same demon, who by the Lord’s own will had taken birth in a demoniac family. Therefore, who can understand the Lord’s transcendental activities? Not to speak of understanding the transcendental activities of the Lord, no one can understand even the activities of His servants. In Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Madhya 23.39) it is said, tÄá¹…ra vÄkya, kriyÄ, mudrÄ vijñeha nÄ bhujhaya: no one can understand the activities of the Lord’s servants. Therefore, what to speak of the activities of the Lord? Who can understand how Kṛṣṇa is benefiting the entire world? The Lord is addressed as duranta-Å›akti because no one can understand His potencies and how He acts.
