Adi-lilaChapter 5: The Glories Of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 5.104

vishnu-rupa hana kare jagat palane

gunatita-vishnu sparsa nahi maya-gune

SYNONYMS

vishnu-rupa -- the form of Lord Vishnu; hana -- becoming; kare -- does; jagat palane -- maintenance of the material world; guna-atita -- beyond the material qualities; vishnu -- Lord Vishnu; sparsa -- touch; nahi -- not; maya-gune -- in the material qualities.

TRANSLATION

And as Lord Vishnu He maintains the entire world. Lord Vishnu, being beyond all material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities.

PURPORT

Sri Baladeva Vidyabhushana says that although Vishnu is the predominating Deity of the quality of goodness in the material world, He is never affected by the quality of goodness, for He directs that quality simply by His supreme will. It is said that all living entities can derive all good fortune from the Lord simply by His will. In the Vamana Purana it is said that the same Vishnu expands Himself as Brahma and Siva to direct the different qualities.

Because Lord Vishnu expands the quality of goodness, He has the name Sattvatanu. The multifarious incarnations of Kshirodakasayi Vishnu are known as Sattvatanu. Therefore in all Vedic scriptures Vishnu has been described as being free from all material qualities. In the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said:

harir hi nirgunah sakshat purushah prakriteh parah

sa sarva-drig upadrashta tam bhajan nirguno bhavet

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, is always uncontaminated by the modes of material nature, for He is beyond the material manifestation. He is the source of the knowledge of all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, and He is the witness of everything. Therefore one who worships the Supreme Lord Vishnu also attains freedom from the contamination of material nature." (Bhag. 10.88.5) One can attain freedom from the contamination of material nature by worshiping Vishnu, and therefore He is called Sattvatanu, as described above.

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