Srimad Bhagavatam

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राजोवाच यानि यानीह कर्माणि यैर्यैः स्वच्छन्दजन्मभिः । चक्रे करोति कर्ता वा हरिस्तानि ब्रुवन्तु नः ।। ११-४-१ ।।

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King Nimi said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead descends into the material world by His internal potency and according to His own desire. Therefore, please tell us about the various pastimes Lord Hari has performed in the past, is performing now and will perform in this world in the future in His various incarnations. ।। 11-4-1 ।।

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rAjovAca yAni yAnIha karmANi yairyaiH svacchandajanmabhiH | cakre karoti kartA vA haristAni bruvantu naH || 11-4-1 ||

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द्रुमिल उवाच यो वा अनन्तस्य गुणाननन्ताननुक्रमिष्यन् स तु बालबुद्धिः । रजांसि भूमेर्गणयेत्कथञ्चित् कालेन नैवाखिलशक्तिधाम्नः ।। ११-४-२ ।।

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Śrī Drumila said: Anyone trying to enumerate or describe fully the unlimited qualities of the unlimited Supreme Lord has the intelligence of a foolish child. Even if a great genius could somehow or other, after a time-consuming endeavor, count all the particles of dust on the surface of the earth, such a genius could never count the attractive qualities of the Personality of Godhead, who is the reservoir of all potencies. ।। 11-4-2 ।।

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drumila uvAca yo vA anantasya guNAnanantAnanukramiSyan sa tu bAlabuddhiH | rajAMsi bhUmergaNayetkathaJcit kAlena naivAkhilazaktidhAmnaH || 11-4-2 ||

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भूतैर्यदा पञ्चभिरात्मसृष्टैः पुरं विराजं विरचय्य तस्मिन् । स्वांशेन विष्टः पुरुषाभिधानमवाप नारायण आदिदेवः ।। ११-४-३ ।।

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When the primeval Lord Nārāyaṇa created His universal body out of the five elements produced from Himself and then entered within that universal body by His own plenary portion, He thus became known as the Puruṣa. ।। 11-4-3 ।।

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bhUtairyadA paJcabhirAtmasRSTaiH puraM virAjaM viracayya tasmin | svAMzena viSTaH puruSAbhidhAnamavApa nArAyaNa AdidevaH || 11-4-3 ||

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यत्काय एष भुवनत्रयसन्निवेशो यस्येन्द्रियैस्तनुभृतामुभयेन्द्रियाणि । ज्ञानं स्वतः श्वसनतो बलमोज ईहा सत्त्वादिभिः स्थितिलयोद्भव आदि कर्ता ।। ११-४-४ ।।

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Within His body are elaborately arranged the three planetary systems of this universe. His transcendental senses generate the knowledge-acquiring and active senses of all embodied beings. His consciousness generates conditioned knowledge, and His powerful breathing produces the bodily strength, sensory power and conditioned activities of the embodied souls. He is the prime mover, through the agency of the material modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. And thus the universe is created, maintained and annihilated. ।। 11-4-4 ।।

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yatkAya eSa bhuvanatrayasannivezo yasyendriyaistanubhRtAmubhayendriyANi | jJAnaM svataH zvasanato balamoja IhA sattvAdibhiH sthitilayodbhava Adi kartA || 11-4-4 ||

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आदावभूच्छतधृती रजसास्य सर्गे विष्णुः स्थितौ क्रतुपतिर्द्विजधर्मसेतुः । रुद्रोऽप्ययाय तमसा पुरुषः स आद्य इत्युद्भवस्थितिलयाः सततं प्रजासु ।। ११-४-५ ।।

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In the beginning, the original Supreme Personality manifested the form of Brahmā through the material mode of passion in order to create this universe. The Lord manifested His form as Viṣṇu, the Lord of sacrifice and protector of the twice-born brāhmaṇas and their religious duties, to maintain the universe. And when the universe is to be annihilated the same Supreme Lord employs the material mode of ignorance and manifests the form of Rudra. The created living beings are thus always subject to the forces of creation, maintenance and destruction. ।। 11-4-5 ।।

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AdAvabhUcchatadhRtI rajasAsya sarge viSNuH sthitau kratupatirdvijadharmasetuH | rudro'pyayAya tamasA puruSaH sa Adya ityudbhavasthitilayAH satataM prajAsu || 11-4-5 ||

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