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TEXT 23
guna-mayya sva-saktyasya
sarga-sthity-apyayan vibho
dhatse yada sva-drg bhuman
brahma-visnu-sivabhidham
SYNONYMS
guna-mayyaacting in three modes of activity; sva-saktyaby the external energy of Your Lordship; asyaof this material world; sarga-sthiti-apyayancreation, maintenance and annihilation; vibhoO lord; dhatseyou execute; yadawhen; sva-drkyou manifest yourself; bhumanO great one; brahma-visnu-siva-abhidhamas 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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