SB 8.7.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

गुणमय्या स्वशक्त्यास्य सर्गस्थित्यप्ययान्विभो ।
धत्से यदा स्वदृग्भूमन् ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाभिधाम् ॥ २३ ॥

guna-mayya sva-saktyasya

sarga-sthity-apyayan vibho

dhatse yada sva-drg bhūman

brahma-visnu-sivabhidham

guna-mayya-acting in three modes of activity; sva-saktya-by the external energy of Your Lordship; asya-of this material world; sarga-sthiti-apyayan-creation, maintenance and annihilation; vibho-O lord; dhatse-you execute; yada-when; sva-drk-you manifest yourself; bhūman-O great one; brahma-visnu-siva-abhidham-as Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu or Lord Siva.

TRANSLATION

O lord, you are self-effulgent and supreme. You create this material world by your personal energy, and you assume the names Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara when you act in creation, maintenance and annihilation.

PURPORT

This prayer is actually offered to Lord Visnu, the purusa, who in His incarnations as the guna-avataras assumes the names Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara.

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