SB 9.4.56

TEXT 56

TEXT

श्रीशङ्कर उवाच
वयं न तात प्रभवाम भूम्नि यस्मिन्परे ऽन्ये ऽप्यजजीवकोशाः ।
भवन्ति काले न भवन्ति हीदृशाः सहस्रशो यत्र वयं भ्रमामः ॥ ५६ ॥

sri-sahkara uvaca

vayam na tata prabhavama bhūmni

yasmin pare 'nye 'py aja-jiva-kosaḥ

bhavanti kale na bhavanti hidrsaḥ

sahasraso yatra vayam bhramamaḥ

sri-sahkaraḥ uvaca-Lord Siva said; vayam-we; na-not; tata-O my dear son; prabhavamaḥ-sufficiently able; bhūmni-unto the great Supreme Personality of Godhead; yasmin-in whom; pare-in the Transcendence; anye-others; api-even; aja-Lord Brahma; jiva-living entities; kosaḥ-the universes; bhavanti-can become; kale-in due course of time; na-not; bhavanti-can become; hi-indeed; idrsaḥ-like this; sahasrasaḥ-many thousands and millions; yatra-wherein; vayam-all of us; bhramamaḥ-are rotating.

TRANSLATION

Lord Siva said: My dear son, I, Lord Brahma and the other demigods, who rotate within this universe under the misconception of our greatness, cannot exhibit any power to compete with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for innumerable universes and their inhabitants come into existence and are annihilated by the simple direction of the Lord.

PURPORT

There are innumerable universes in the material world, and there are innumerable Lord Brahmas, Lord Sivas and other demigods. All of them rotate within this material world under the supreme direction of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore no one is able to compete with the strength of the Lord. Lord Siva also refused to protect Durvasa, for Lord Siva also was under the rays of the Sudarsana cakra sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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