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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- mā maṁsthā hy etad āścaryaṁ
- sarvāścaryamaye 'cyute
- ya idaṁ māyayā devyā
- sṛjaty avati hanty ajaḥ
mādo not — do not; maṁsthāḥthink — think; hicertainly — certainly; etatall these — all these; āścaryamwonderful — wonderful; sarvaall — all; āścaryain the all-mysterious-mayein the all-mysterious — in the all-mysterious; acyutethe infallible — the infallible; yaḥone who — one who; idamthis (creation) — this (creation); māyayāby His energy — by His energy; devyātranscendental — transcendental; sṛjaticreates — creates; avatimaintains — maintains; hantiannihilates — annihilates; ajaḥunborn — unborn.
O brāhmaṇas, do not think this to be especially wonderful in the activities of the mysterious and infallible Personality of Godhead. By His own transcendental energy, He maintains and annihilates all material things, although He Himself is unborn.
The activities of the Lord are always inconceivable to the tiny brain of the living entities. Nothing is impossible for the Supreme Lord, but all His actions are wonderful for us, and thus He is always beyond the range of our conceivable limits. The Lord is the all-powerful, all-perfect Personality of Godhead. The Lord is cent percent perfect, whereas others, namely Nārāyaṇa, Brahmā, Śiva, the demigods and all other living beings, possess only different percentages of such perfection. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He is unrivaled.