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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.41
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 41
- nāntaṁ vidāmy aham amī munayo 'gra-jās te
- māyā-balasya puruṣasya kuto 'varā ye
- gāyan guṇān daśa-śatānana ādi-devaḥ
- śeṣo 'dhunāpi samavasyati nāsya pāram
nanever — never; antamend — end; vidāmido I know — do I know; ahammyself — myself; amīand all those — and all those; munayaḥgreat sages — great sages; agraborn prior to you-jāḥborn prior to you — born prior to you; teyou — you; māyāof the omnipotent-balasyaof the omnipotent — of the omnipotent; puruṣasyaof the Personality of Godhead — of the Personality of Godhead; kutaḥwhat to speak of others — what to speak of others; avarāḥborn after us — born after us; yethose — those; gāyanby singing — by singing; guṇānthe qualities — the qualities; daśaone who has ten hundred faces-śataone who has ten hundred faces-ānanaḥone who has ten hundred faces — one who has ten hundred faces; ādithe first incarnation of the Lord-devaḥthe first incarnation of the Lord — the first incarnation of the Lord; śeṣaḥknown as Śeṣa — known as Śeṣa; adhunāuntil now — until now; apieven — even; samavasyatican achieve — can achieve; nanot — not; asyaof Him — of Him; pāramlimit — limit.
Neither I nor all the sages born before you know fully the omnipotent Personality of Godhead. So what can others, who are born after us, know about Him? Even the first incarnation of the Lord, namely Śeṣa, has not been able to reach the limit of such knowledge, although He is describing the qualities of the Lord with ten hundred faces.
The omnipotent Personality of Godhead has primarily three potential manifestations, namely internal, external, and marginal potencies, with unlimited expansions of these three energies. As such, the potential expansions can never be calculated by anyone because even the Personality of God Himself, as the incarnation of Śeṣa, cannot estimate the potencies, although He has been describing them continuously with His one thousand faces.