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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.13.45
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
- sa vai bata bhraṣṭa-matis tavaiṣate
- yaḥ karmaṇāṁ pāram apāra-karmaṇaḥ
- yad-yogamāyā-guṇa-yoga-mohitaṁ
- viśvaṁ samastaṁ bhagavan vidhehi śam
saḥhe — he; vaicertainly — certainly; bataalas — alas; bhraṣṭanonsense-matiḥnonsense — nonsense; tavaYour — Your; eṣatedesires — desires; yaḥone who — one who; karmaṇāmof activities — of activities; pāramlimit — limit; apāraof one who has unlimited activities-karmaṇaḥof one who has unlimited activities — of one who has unlimited activities; yatby whom — by whom; yogamystic power — mystic power; māyāpotency — potency; guṇamodes of material nature — modes of material nature; yogamystic power — mystic power; mohitambewildered — bewildered; viśvamthe universe — the universe; samastamin total — in total; bhagavanO Supreme Personality of Godhead — O Supreme Personality of Godhead; vidhehijust be pleased to bestow — just be pleased to bestow; śamgood fortune — good fortune.
O Lord, there is no limit to Your wonderful activities. Anyone who desires to know the limit of Your activities is certainly nonsensical. Everyone in this world is conditioned by the powerful mystic potencies. Please bestow Your causeless mercy upon these conditioned souls.
Mental speculators who want to understand the limit of the Unlimited are certainly nonsensical. Every one of them is captivated by the external potencies of the Lord. The best thing for them is to surrender unto Him, knowing Him to be inconceivable, for thus they can receive His causeless mercy. This prayer was offered by the inhabitants of the higher planetary systems, namely the Jana, Tapas and Satya lokas, who are far more intelligent and powerful than humans.
Viśvaṁ samastam is very significant here. There are the material world and the spiritual world. The sages pray: "Both worlds are bewildered by Your different energies. Those who are in the spiritual world are absorbed in Your loving service, forgetting themselves and You also, and those in the material world are absorbed in material sense gratification and therefore also forget You. No one can know You, because You are unlimited. It is best not to try to know You by unnecessary mental speculation. Rather, kindly bless us so that we can worship You with causeless devotional service."