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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- sa viśva-janma-sthiti-saṁyamārthe
- kṛtāvatāraḥ pragṛhīta-śaktiḥ
- cakāra karmāṇy atipūruṣāṇi
- yānīśvaraḥ kīrtaya tāni mahyam
saḥthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; viśvauniverse — universe; janmacreation — creation; sthitimaintenance — maintenance; saṁyamawith a view to perfect control-arthewith a view to perfect control — with a view to perfect control; kṛtaaccepted — accepted; avatāraḥincarnation — incarnation; pragṛhītaaccomplished with — accomplished with; śaktiḥpotency — potency; cakāraperformed — performed; karmāṇitranscendental activities — transcendental activities; atisuperhuman-pūruṣāṇisuperhuman — superhuman; yāniall those — all those; īśvaraḥthe Lord — the Lord; kīrtayaplease chant — please chant; tāniall those — all those; mahyamunto me — unto me.
Kindly chant all those superhuman transcendental activities of the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, who accepted incarnations fully equipped with all potency for the full manifestation and maintenance of the cosmic creation.
Vidura was undoubtedly very eager to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa in particular, but he was overwhelmed because Lord Kṛṣṇa had just passed away from the visible world. He therefore wanted to hear about Him in His puruṣa incarnations, which He manifests with full potencies for the creation and maintenance of the cosmic world. The activities of the puruṣa incarnations are but an extension of the activities of the Lord. This hint was given by Vidura to Maitreya because Maitreya could not decide which part of the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa should he chanted.