SB 5.17.17

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 17: The Descent of the River Ganges

SB 5.17.16 - SB 5.17.18

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 17

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya

sarva-guṇa-saṅkhyānāyānantāyāvyaktāya nama iti

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the most powerful Lord Śiva says; om namo bhagavate — O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You; mahā-puruṣāya — who are the Supreme person; sarva-guṇa-saṅkhyānāya — the reservoir of all transcendental qualities; anantāya — the unlimited; avyaktāya — not manifested within the material world; namaḥ — my respectful obeisances; iti — thus.

TRANSLATION

The most powerful Lord Śiva says: O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You in Your expansion as Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa. You are the reservoir of all transcendental qualities. Although You are unlimited, You remain unmanifest to the nondevotees.

SB 5.17.16 - SB 5.17.18