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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.25.3
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 3
- yad yad vidhatte bhagavān
- svacchandātmātma-māyayā
- tāni me śraddadhānasya
- kīrtanyāny anukīrtaya
yatwhatever yatwhatever — whatever; vidhatteHe performs — He performs; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; svafull of self-desire-chandafull of self-desire-ātmāfull of self-desire — full of self-desire; ātmaby His internal potency-māyayāby His internal potency — by His internal potency; tāniall of them — all of them; meto me — to me; śraddadhānasyafaithful — faithful; kīrtanyāniworthy of praise — worthy of praise; anukīrtayaplease describe — please describe.
Therefore please precisely describe all the activities and pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who is full of self-desire and who assumes all these activities by His internal potency.
Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti, Text 3
The word anukīrtaya is very significant. Anukīrtaya means to follow the description-not to create a concocted mental description, but to follow. Śaunaka Ṛṣi requested Sūta Gosvāmī to describe what he had actually heard from his spiritual master, Śukadeva Gosvāmī, about the transcendental pastimes the Lord manifested by His internal energy. Bhagavān, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, but He can assume any kind of body by His supreme will. That is made possible by His internal energy.