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TEXT 56
sri-sankara uvaca
vayam na tata prabhavama bhumni
yasmin pare ’nye ’py aja-jiva-kosah
bhavanti kale na bhavanti hidrsah
sahasraso yatra vayam bhramamah
SYNONYMS
sri-sankarah uvaca—Lord Siva said; vayam—we; na—not; tata—O my dear son; prabhavamah—sufficiently able; bhumni—unto the great Supreme Personality of Godhead; yasmin—in whom; pare—in the Transcendence; anye—others; api—even; aja—Lord Brahma; jiva—living entities; kosah—the universes; bhavanti—can become; kale—in due course of time; na—not; bhavanti—can become; hi—indeed; idrsah—like this; sahasrasah—many thousands and millions; yatra—wherein; vayam—all of us; bhramamah—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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