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SB 12.11.50

Devanāgarī

एवं ह्यनादिनिधनो भगवान् हरिरीश्वर: । कल्पे कल्पे स्वमात्मानं व्यूह्य लोकानवत्यज: ॥ ५० ॥

Text

evaṁ hy anādi-nidhano bhagavān harir īśvaraḥ kalpe kalpe svam ātmānaṁ vyūhya lokān avaty ajaḥ

Synonyms

evam—thus;hi—indeed;anādi—without beginning;nidhanaḥ—or end;bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead;hariḥ—Lord Hari;īśvaraḥ—the supreme controller;kalpekalpe—in each day of Brahmā;svamātmānam—Himself;vyūhya—expanding into various forms;lokān—the worlds;avati—protects;ajaḥ—the unborn Lord.

Translation

For the protection of all the worlds, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari, who is unborn and without beginning or end, thus expands Himself during each day of Brahmā into these specific categories of His personal representations.

Purport

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Twelfth Canto, Eleventh Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Summary Description of the Mahāpuruṣa.”
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