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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.4
SYNONYMS
sri-mahadevah uvaca -- Lord Siva (Mahadeva) said; deva-deva -- O best demigod among the demigods; jagat-vyapin -- O all-pervading Lord; jagat-isa -- O master of the universe; jagat-maya -- O my Lord, who are transformed by Your energy into this creation; sarvesham api -- all kinds of; bhavanam -- situations; tvam -- You; atma -- the moving force; hetuh -- because of this; isvarah -- the Supreme Lord, Paramesvara.
TRANSLATION
Lord Mahadeva said: O chief demigod among the demigods, O all-pervading Lord, master of the universe, by Your energy You are transformed into the creation. You are the root and efficient cause of everything. You are not material. Indeed, You are the Supersoul or supreme living force of everything. Therefore, You are Paramesvara, the supreme controller of all controllers.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, resides within the material world as the sattva-guna-avatara. Lord Siva is the tamo-guna-avatara, and Lord Brahma is the rajo-guna-avatara, but although Lord Vishnu is among them, He is not in the same category. Lord Vishnu is deva-deva, the chief of all the demigods. Since Lord Siva is in this material world, the energy of the Supreme Lord, Vishnu, includes Lord Siva. Lord Vishnu is therefore called jagad-vyapi, "the all-pervading Lord." Lord Siva is sometimes called Mahesvara, and so people think that Lord Siva is everything. But here Lord Siva addresses Lord Vishnu as Jagad-isa, "the master of the universe." Lord Siva is sometimes called Visvesvara, but here he addresses Lord Vishnu as Jagan-maya, indicating that even Visvesvara is under Lord Vishnu's control. Lord Vishnu is the master of the spiritual world, yet He controls the material world also, as stated in Bhagavad-gita (mayadhyakshena prakritih suyate sacaracaram [Bg. 9.10]). Lord Brahma and Lord Siva are also sometimes called isvara, but the supreme isvara is Lord Vishnu, Lord Krishna. As stated in Brahma-samhita, isvarah paramah krishnah: [Bs. 5.1] the Supreme Lord is Krishna, Lord Vishnu. Everything in existence works in proper order because of Lord Vishnu. Andantara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham. Even paramanu, the small atoms, work because of Lord Vishnu's presence within them.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness