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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.3
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- devā ūcuḥ
- tama etad vibho vettha
- saṁvignā yad vayaṁ bhṛśam
- na hy avyaktaṁ bhagavataḥ
- kālenāspṛṣṭa-vartmanaḥ
devāḥthe demigods said ūcuḥthe demigods said — the demigods said; tamaḥdarkness — darkness; etatthis — this; vibhoO great one — O great one; vetthayou know — you know; saṁvignāḥvery anxious — very anxious; yatbecause — because; vayamwe — we; bhṛśamvery much — very much; nanot — not; hibecause — because; avyaktamunmanifest — unmanifest; bhagavataḥof You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) — of You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); kālenaby time — by time; aspṛṣṭauntouched — untouched; vartmanaḥwhose way — whose way.
The fortunate demigods said: O great one, just see this darkness, which you know very well and which is causing us anxieties. Because the influence of time cannot touch you, there is nothing unmanifest before you.
Brahmā is addressed herein as Vibhu and as the Personality of Godhead. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead's incarnation of the mode of passion in the material world. He is nondifferent, in the representative sense, from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore the influence of time cannot affect him. The influence of time, which manifests as past, present and future, cannot touch higher personalities like Brahmā and other demigods. Sometimes demigods and great sages who have attained such perfection are called tri-kāla jña.