Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.20.41

ākalpam evam vesham gata esha bhagavān ātma-yogamāyayā viracita-vividha-loka-yātrā-gopīyāyety arthah

SYNONYMS

ā-kalpam — for the duration of the time of creation; evam — thus; vesham — appearance; gatah — has accepted; eshah — this; bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ātma-yoga-māyayā — by His own spiritual potency; viracita — perfected; vividha-loka-yātrā — the livelihood of the various planetary systems; gopīyāya — just to maintain; iti — thus; arthah — the purpose.

TRANSLATION

The various forms of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, such as Nārāyana and Vishnu, are beautifully decorated with different weapons. The Lord exhibits those forms to maintain all the varied planets created by His personal potency, yogamāyā.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gītā (4.6) Lord Krishna says, sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā: "I appear by My internal potency. "The word ātma-māyā refers to the Lord's personal potency, yogamāyā. After creating both the material world and spiritual world through yogamāyā, the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally maintains them by expanding Himself in different categories as the Vishnu mūrtis and the demigods. He maintains the material creation from beginning to end, and He personally maintains the spiritual world.

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