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TEXT 38
adrstaya namaskrtya
nrpah sandarsitatmane
avyaktaya ca devanam
devaya sva-puram yayau
SYNONYMS
adrstayaunto one who is beyond the purview of material vision; namah-krtyaoffering obeisances; nrpahthe King; sandarsitarevealed; atmaneunto the Supreme Soul; avyaktayawho is beyond the manifestation of the material world; caalso; devanamof the demigods; devayaunto the Supreme Lord; sva-puramto his own house; yayaureturned.
TRANSLATION
King Prthu then offered his respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supreme Lord of all demigods. Although not an object of material vision, the Lord revealed Himself to the sight of Maharaja Prthu. After offering obeisances to the Lord, the King returned to his home.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord is not visible to material eyes, but when the material senses are inclined to the transcendental loving service of the Lord and are thus purified, the Lord reveals Himself to the vision of the devotee. Avyakta means unmanifested. Although the material world is the creation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He is unmanifested to material eyes. Maharaja Prthu, however, developed spiritual eyes by his pure devotional service. Here, therefore, the Lord is described as sandarsitatma, for He reveals Himself to the vision of the devotee, although He is not visible to ordinary eyes.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twentieth Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled Lord Visnus Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Maharaja Prthu.
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