न नामरूपे गुणदोष एव वा ।
तथापि लोकाप्ययसम्भवाय यः
स्वमायया तान्यनुकालमृच्छति ॥८॥
तस्मै नमः परेशाय ब्रह्मणेऽनन्तशक्तये ।
अरूपायोरुरूपाय नम आश्चर्यकर्मणे ॥९॥
na vidyate yasya ca janma karma vÄ
na nÄma-rÅ«pe guṇa-doá¹£a eva vÄ
tathÄpi lokÄpyaya-sambhavÄya yaḥ
sva-mÄyayÄ tÄny anukÄlam á¹›cchati
tasmai namaḥ pareÅ›Äya
brahmaṇe 'nanta-śaktaye
arÅ«pÄyoru-rÅ«pÄya
nama ÄÅ›carya-karmaṇe
na - not; vidyate - there is; yasya - of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); ca - also; janma - birth; karma - activities; vÄ - or; na - nor; nÄma-rÅ«pe - any material name or material form; guṇa - qualities; doá¹£aḥ - fault; eva - certainly; vÄ - either; tathÄpi - still; loka - of this cosmic manifestation; apyaya - who is the destruction; sambhavÄya - and creation; yaḥ - He who; sva-mÄyayÄ - by His own potency; tÄni - activities; anukÄlam - eternally; á¹›cchati - accepts; tasmai - unto Him; namaḥ - I offer my obeisances; para - transcendental; Ä«Å›Äya - who is the supreme controller; brahmaṇe - who is the Supreme Brahman (Parabrahman); ananta-Å›aktaye - with unlimited potency; arÅ«pÄya - possessing no material form; uru-rÅ«pÄya - possessing various forms as incarnations; namaḥ - I offer my obeisances; ÄÅ›carya-karmaṇe - whose activities are wonderful.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material birth, activities, name, form, qualities or faults. To fulfill the purpose for which this material world is created and destroyed, He comes in the form of a human being like Lord RÄma or Lord Kṛṣṇa by His original internal potency. He has immense potency, and in various forms, all free from material contamination, He acts wonderfully. He is therefore the Supreme Brahman. I offer my respects to Him.
In the Viṣṇu PurÄṇa it is said, guṇÄá¹Å› ca doá¹£Äá¹Å› ca mune vyatÄ«ta samasta-kalyÄṇa-guṇÄtmako hi. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no material form, qualities or faults. He is spiritual and is the only reservoir of all spiritual qualities. As stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.8) by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹ vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm. The Lord’s activities of saving the devotees and annihilating the demons are transcendental. Anyone annihilated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead gets the same result as a devotee who is protected by the Lord; both of them are transcendentally promoted. The only difference is that a devotee goes directly to the spiritual planets and becomes an associate of the Supreme Lord, whereas demons are promoted to brahmaloka, the impersonal effulgence of the Lord. Both of them, however, are transcendentally promoted. The Lord’s killing or annihilating of the demons is not exactly like the killing of this material world. Although He appears to act within the modes of material nature, He is nirguṇa, above the modes of nature. His name is not material; otherwise how could one get liberation by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare RÄma? The names of the Lord like RÄma and Kṛṣṇa are nondifferent from the person RÄma and Kṛṣṇa. Thus by chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra one constantly associates with RÄma and Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore becomes liberated. A practical example is AjÄmila, who always remained transcendental to his activities simply by chanting the name NÄrÄyaṇa. If this was true of AjÄmila, what is to be said of the Supreme Lord? When the Lord comes to this material world, He does not become a product of matter. This is confirmed throughout Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (janma-karma ca me divyam, avajÄnanti mÄá¹ mÅ«á¸hÄḥ mÄnuṣīṠtanum ÄÅ›ritam). Therefore, when the Supreme Personality of Godhead — RÄma or Kṛṣṇa — descends to act transcendentally for our benefit, we should not consider Him an ordinary human being. When the Lord comes, He does so on the basis of His spiritual potency (sambhavÄmy Ätma-mÄyayÄ). Because He is not forced to come by the material energy, He is always transcendental. One should not consider the Supreme Lord an ordinary human being. Material names and forms are contaminated, but spiritual name and spiritual form are transcendental.
