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Etavata alam nanu suchitena
Gunair asamya anatisayanasya.
Hitwa itaran prarthayatoa bibhutir
Yasyamghri renum jushate anabhilsoh.
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Etavata—so far so, Alam—unnecessary, Nanu—if at all, Suchitena—by description, Gunair—by attributes, Asamya—immeasurable, Anatisayanasya—of one who is unexcelled, Hitwa—leaving aside, Itaran—others, Prathyator—of those who ask for, Bibhutir—favour of fortune goddess, Yasya—one whose, Amghri—feet, Jushate—serves, Anabhipsoh—of one who is unwilling.
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So far it is now ascertained that He (the Personality of Godhead) is unlimited and there is non equal with Him. As such nobody can completely say anything about Him. The reason is that great demigods even by prayers cannot attain the favor of goddess of fortune but the same goddess of fortune renders service unto the Lord although He is unwilling to have such service.
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The Personality of Godhead or the Paramaeswara Param Brahma is described in the Srutis that He has nothing to do, He has no equal neither he has anyone excelling Him. He has unlimited potencies and every action of Him is carried systematically in His natural and perfect ways. As such the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself and he has nothing to accept from anyone else including the great demigods like Brahma and others do ask for the favor of the Goddess of fortune and inspite of such prayers the goddess of fortune declines to award such favors. But still she renders service unto the Supreme Peronality of Godhead although He has nothing to accept from Her. The Personality of Godhead is His Mahavishna feature begets the first created person, in the material world, Brahma from His naval stem of lotus and not in the womb of the Goddess of fortunes who is eternally engaged in His service. These are some of the instances about His complete independence and perfection in Himself 'He has nothing to do' does not mean that He is impersonal. He is transcendentally so full of inconceivable potencies that simply by His willing, everything is done without any physical or personal endeavour. He is called therefore as yogeswara or the Lord of all mystic powers.
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#dl##dd#etāvatālaṁ nanu sūcitena#/dd#
#dd#guṇair asāmyānatiśāyanasya#/dd#
#dd#hitvetarān prārthayato vibhūtir#/dd#
#dd#yasyāṅghri-reṇuṁ juṣate 'nabhīpsoḥ#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=etāvatā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#etāvatā#/i# — so far; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=alam&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#alam#/i# — unnecessary; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=nanu&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#nanu#/i# — if at all; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūcitena&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sūcitena#/i# — by description; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=guṇaiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#guṇaiḥ#/i# — by attributes; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=asāmya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#asāmya#/i# — immeasurable; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anati&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anati-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śāyanasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śāyanasya#/i# — of one who is unexcelled; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=hitvā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#hitvā#/i# — leaving aside; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=itarān&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#itarān#/i# — others; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=prārthayataḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#prārthayataḥ#/i# — of those who ask for; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vibhūtiḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vibhūtiḥ#/i# — favor of the goddess of fortune; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yasya&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yasya#/i# — one whose; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=aṅghri&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#aṅghri#/i# — feet; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=reṇum&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#reṇum#/i# — dust; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=juṣate&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#juṣate#/i# — serves; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anabhīpsoḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anabhīpsoḥ#/i# — of one who is unwilling.
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It is now ascertained that He [the Personality of Godhead] is unlimited and there is none equal to Him. Consequently no one can speak of Him adequately. Great demigods cannot obtain the favor of the goddess of fortune even by prayers, but this very goddess renders service unto the Lord, although He is unwilling to have such service.
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The Personality of Godhead, or the Parameśvara Parabrahman, according to the #i#śrutis#/i#, has nothing to do. He has no equal. Nor does anyone excel Him. He has unlimited potencies, and His every action is carried out systematically in His natural and perfect ways. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead is full in Himself, and He has nothing to accept from anyone else, including the great demigods like Brahmā. Others ask for the favor of the goddess of fortune, and despite such prayers she declines to award such favors. But still she renders service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He has nothing to accept from her. The Personality of Godhead in His Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu feature begets Brahmā, the first created person in the material world, from His navel lotus stem and not in the womb of the goddess of fortune, who is eternally engaged in His service. These are some of the instances of His complete independence and perfection. That He has nothing to do does not mean that He is impersonal. He is transcendentally so full of inconceivable potencies that simply by His willing, everything is done without physical or personal endeavor. He is called, therefore, Yogeśvara, or the Lord of all mystic powers.
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