8.3.

22-24
yatharciso 'gneh savitur gabhastayo
niryanti samyanty asakrt sva-rocisah
tatha yato 'yam guna-sampravaho
buddhir manah khani sarira-sargah

sa vai na devasura-martya-tiryan
na stri na sandho na puman na jantuh
nayam gunah karma na san na casan
nisedha-seso jayatad asesah

yasya--of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who; brahma-adayah--the

great demigods, headed by Lord Brahma; devah--and other demigods;
vedah--the Vedic knowledge; lokah--different personalities; cara-
acarah--the moving and the nonmoving (like trees a nd plants); nama-
rupa--of different names and different forms; vibhedena--by such
divisions; phalgvya--who are less important; ca--also; kalaya--by the
parts; krtah--created; yatha--as; arcisah--the sparks; agneh--of fire;
savituh--from the sun; gabh astayah--the shining particles; niryanti--
emanate from; samyanti--and enter into; asakrt--again and again; sva-
rocisah--as parts and parcels; tatha--similarly; yatah--the Personality
of Godhead from whom; ayam--this; guna-sampravahah--continuous mani
festation of the different modes of nature; buddhih manah--the
intelligence and mind; khani--the senses; sarira--of the body (gross
and subtle); sargah--the divisions; sah--that Supreme Personality of
Godhead; vai--indeed; na--is not; deva--demigod; asura--demon; martya--
human being; tiryak--bird or beast; na--neither; stri--woman; na--nor;
sandah--neuter; na--neither; puman--man; na--nor; jantuh--living being
or animal; na ayam--nor is He; gunah--material quality; karma--fruitive
activity; na--is not; sat--manifestation; na--nor; ca--also; asat--
nonmanifestation; nisedha--of the discrimination of neti neti ("not
this, not this"); sesah--He is the end; jayatat--all glories unto Him;
asesah--who is unlimited.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts and

parcels, the jiva-tattva, beginning with Lord Brahma, the demigods and
the expansions of Vedic knowledge [Sama, Rg, Yajur and Atharva] and
including all other living entities, moving and nonmoving, with their
different names and characteristics. As the sparks of a fire or the
shining rays of the sun emanate from their source and merge into it
again and again, the mind, the intelligence, the senses, the gross and
subtle material bodies, and the continuous transformations of the
different modes of nature all emanate from the Lord and again merge
into Him. He is neither demigod nor demon, neither human nor bird or
beast. He is not woman, man, or neuter, nor is He an animal. He is not
a material quality, a fruitive activity, a manifestation or
nonmanifestation. He is the last word in the discrimination of "not
this, not this," and He is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead!
OBJECTION: THE REAL MEANING OF THE NETI-NETI VERSE IS THAT JUST AS THE
FORMS AND FEATURES OF THE MATERIAL WORLD DO NOT EXIST IN REALITY, SO
ALSO THE FORMS AND FEATURES OF THE SUPREME LORD DO NOT EXIST IN REALITY
(I.E. HE IS IMPERSONAL AND FORMLESS). THEREFORE THE WORD 'NO' IS USED
TWICE (NETI-NETI).

REPLY: THE MEANING OF THIS VERSE IS, 'HE IS NOT LIKE THEM,' NOT, 'HIS
QUALITIES, LIKE THEIRS, ARE NOT REAL.'
(Vs. 3.2.23)

8.5.26,27
sri-brahmovaca
avikriyam satyam anantam adyam
guha-sayam niskalam apratarkyam
mano-'grayanam vacasaniruktam
namamahe deva-varam varenyam

sri-brahma uvaca--Lord Brahma said; avikriyam--unto the Personality of

Godhead, who never changes (as opposed to material existence); satyam--
the eternal supreme truth; anantam--unlimited; adyam--the original
cause of all causes; guha-sayam--present in everyone's heart; niskalam-
-without any decrease in potency; apratarkyam--inconceivable, not
within the jurisdiction of material arguments; manah-agrayanam--more
quick than the mind, inconceivable to mental speculation; vacasa--by
jugglery of words; aniruktam--indescribable; namamahe--all of us
demigods offer our respectful obeisances; deva-varam--unto the Supreme
Lord, who is not equalled or surpassed by anyone; varenyam--the supreme
worshipable, who is worshiped by the Gayatri mantra.

Lord Brahma said: O Supreme Lord, O changeless, unlimited supreme

truth. You are the origin of everything. Being all-pervading, You are
in everyone's heart and also in the atom. You have no material qualities.
Indeed, You are inconceivable. The mind cannot catch You by speculation,
and words fail to describe You. You are the supreme master of everyone,
and therefore You are worshipable for everyone. We offer our respectful
obeisances unto You.

vipascitam prana-mano-dhiyatmanam
arthendriyabhasam anidram avranam
chayatapau yatra na grdhra-paksau
tam aksaram kham tri-yugam vrajamahe

vipascitam--unto the omniscient; prana--how the living force is working;

manah--how the mind is working; dhiya--how the intelligence is working;
atmanam--of all living entities; artha--the objects of the senses;
indriya--the senses; abhasam--knowledge; anidram--always awake and free
from ignorance; avranam--without a material body subject to pains and
pleasures; chaya-atapau--the shelter for all who are suffering from
ignorance; yatra--wherein; na--not; grdhra-paksau--partiality toward
any living being; tam--unto Him; aksaram--infallible; kham--all-pervading
like the sky; tri-yugam--appearing with six opulences in three yugas
(Satya, Treta and Dvapara); vrajamahe--I take shelter.

The Supreme Personality of Godhead directly and indirectly knows

how everything, including the living force, mind and intelligence, is
working under His control. He is the illuminator of everything and has
no ignorance. He does not have a material body subject to the reactions
of previous activities, and He is free from the ignorance of partiality
and materialistic education. I therefore take shelter of the lotus feet
of the Supreme Lord, who is eternal, all-pervading and as great as the
sky and who appears with six opulences in three yugas [Satya, Treta and
Dvapara].

Adhikarana 12: The form of the Supreme Lord.

THE FORM OF THE SUPREME LORD IS INVISIBLE TO THE SENSES OF MATERIALISTS.

THEREFORE HIS FORM IS SAID TO BE UNMANIFEST.
(Vs. 3.2.24)

5.17.18
sri-bhagavan uvaca
om namo bhagavate maha-purusaya
sarva-guna-sankhyanayanantayavyaktaya nama iti.

sri-bhagavan uvaca--the most powerful Lord Siva says; om namo bhagavate--

O Supreme Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto
You; maha-purusaya--who are the Supreme person; sarva-guna-sankhyanaya--
the reservoir of all transcendent al qualities; anantaya--the unlimited;
avyaktaya--not manifested within the material world; namah--my respectful
obeisances; iti--thus.

The most powerful Lord Siva says: O Supreme Personality of Godhead,

I offer my respectful obeisances unto You in Your expansion as Lord
Sankarsana. You are the reservoir of all transcendental qualities.
Although You are unlimited, You remain unmanifest to the nondevotees.