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TEXT 17
tasyatma-tantrasya harer adhisituh
parasya mayadhipater mahatmanah
prayena duta iha vai manoharas
caranti tad-rupa-guna-svabhavah
SYNONYMS
tasyaof Him; atma-tantrasyabeing self-sufficient, not dependent on any other person; harehthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; adhisituhwho is the master of everything; parasyathe Transcendence; maya-adhipatehthe master of the illusory energy; maha-atmanahof the Supreme Soul; prayenaalmost; dutahthe order carriers; ihain this world; vaiindeed; manoharahpleasing in their dealings and bodily features; carantithey move; tatof Him; rupapossessing the bodily features; gunathe transcendental qualities; svabhavahand nature.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-sufficient and fully independent. He is the master of everyone and everything, including the illusory energy. He has His form, qualities and features; and similarly His order carriers, the Vaisnavas, who are very beautiful, possess bodily features, transcendental qualities and a transcendental nature almost like His. They always wander within this world with full independence.
PURPORT
Yamaraja was describing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, but the order carriers of Yamaraja were very eager to know about the Visnudutas, who had defeated them in their encounter with Ajamila. Yamaraja therefore stated that the Visnudutas resemble the Supreme Personality of Godhead in their bodily features, transcendental qualities and nature. In other words, the Visnudutas, or Vaisnavas, are almost as qualified as the Supreme Lord. Yamaraja informed the Yamadutas that the Visnudutas are no less powerful than Lord Visnu. Since Visnu is above Yamaraja, the Visnudutas are above the Yamadutas. Persons protected by the Visnudutas, therefore, cannot be touched by the Yamadutas.
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