Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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दक्ष उवाच
शुद्धं स्वधाम्न्युपरताखिलबुद्ध्यवस्थं
चिन्मात्रमेकमभयं प्रतिषिध्य मायाम् ।
तिष्ठंस्तयैव पुरुषत्वमुपेत्य तस्याम्
आस्ते भवानपरिशुद्ध इवात्मतन्त्रः ॥२६॥

dakṣa uvāca
śuddhaṁ sva-dhāmny uparatākhila-buddhy-avasthaṁ
cin-mātram ekam abhayaṁ pratiṣidhya māyām
tiṣṭhaṁs tayaiva puruṣatvam upetya tasyām
āste bhavān apariśuddha ivātma-tantraḥ

WORD BY WORD

dakṣaḥ — Dakṣa; uvāca — said; śuddham — pure; sva-dhāmni — in Your own abode; uparata-akhila — completely turned back; buddhi-avastham — position of mental speculation; cit-mātram — completely spiritual; ekam — one without a second; abhayam — fearless; pratiṣidhya — controlling; māyām — material energy; tiṣṭhan — being situated; tayā — with her (Māyā); eva — certainly; puruṣatvam — overseer; upetya — entering into; tasyām — in her; āste — is present; bhavān — Your Lordship; apariśuddhaḥ — impure; iva — as if; ātma-tantraḥ — self-sufficient;

TRANSLATION

Dakṣa addressed the Supreme Personality of Godhead: My dear Lord, You are transcendental to all speculative positions. You are completely spiritual, devoid of all fear, and You are always in control of the material energy. Even though You appear in the material energy, You are situated transcendentally. You are always free from material contamination because You are completely self-sufficient.

PURPORT

This verse has not purport by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svāmi Prabhupāda.

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