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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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śrī-mārkaṇḍeya uvāca aho īśvara-līleyaṁ durvibhāvyā śarīriṇām yan namantīśitavyāni stuvanti jagad-īśvarāḥ
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TRANSLATION
| Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: It is indeed most difficult for embodied souls to understand the pastimes of the universal controllers, for such lords bow down to and offer praise to the very living beings they rule.
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PURPORT
| In the material world, conditioned souls strive to lord it over one another. Therefore they cannot understand the pastimes of the actual lords of the universe. Such bona fide lords have a wonderfully magnanimous mentality and thus sometimes bow down to the most qualified and saintly among their own subjects.
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