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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.4.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- namaḥ parasmai puruṣāya bhūyase
- sad-udbhava-sthāna-nirodha-līlayā
- gṛhīta-śakti-tritayāya dehinām
- antarbhavāyānupalakṣya-vartmane
śrīŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said-śukaḥŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; namaḥoffering obeisances — offering obeisances; parasmaithe Supreme — the Supreme; puruṣāyaPersonality of Godhead — Personality of Godhead; bhūyaseunto the complete whole — unto the complete whole; sadthe creation of the material world-udbhavathe creation of the material world — the creation of the material world; sthānaits maintenance — its maintenance; nirodhaand its winding up — and its winding up; līlayāby the pastime of — by the pastime of; gṛhītahaving accepted — having accepted; śaktipower — power; tritayāyathree modes — three modes; dehināmof all who possess material bodies — of all who possess material bodies; antaḥunto Him who resides within-bhavāyaunto Him who resides within — unto Him who resides within; anupalakṣyainconceivable — inconceivable; vartmaneone who has such ways — one who has such ways.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead who, for the creation of the material world, accepts the three modes of nature. He is the complete whole residing within the body of everyone, and His ways are inconceivable.
This material world is a manifestation of the three modes goodness, passion and ignorance, and the Supreme Lord, for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material world, accepts three predominating forms as Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śaṅkara (Śiva). As Viṣṇu He enters into every body materially created. As Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu He enters into every universe, and as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu He enters the body of every living being. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, being the origin of all viṣṇu-tattvas, is addressed here as paraḥ pumān, or Puruṣottama, as described in the Bhagavad-gītā (BG 15.18, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.). He is the complete whole. The puruṣāvatāras are therefore His plenary expansions. Bhakti-yoga is the only process by which one can become competent to know Him. Because the empiric philosophers and mystic yogīs cannot conceive of the Personality of Godhead, He is called anupalakṣya-vartmane, the Lord of the inconceivable way, or bhakti-yoga.