ऋषिरुवाच न वै महाराज भगवतो मायागुणविभूते: काष्ठां मनसा वचसा वाधिगन्तुमलं विबुधायुषापि पुरुषस्तस्मात्प्राधान्येनैव भूगोलकविशेषं नामरूप मानलक्षणतो व्याख्यास्याम: ॥ ४ ॥
rsir uvaca na vai maharaja bhagavato maya-guna-vibhuteh kastham manasa vacasa vadhigantum alam vibudhayusapi purusas tasmat pradhan-yenaiva bhu-golaka-visesam nama-rupa-mana-laksanato vyakhyasyamah.
- rsih uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak
- na
- not
- vai
- indeed
- maha-raja
- O great King
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- maya-guna-vibhuteh
- of the transformation of the qualities of the material energy
- kastham
- the end
- manasa
- by the mind
- vacasa
- by words
- va
- either
- adhigantum
- to understand fully
- alam
- capable
- vibudha-ayusa
- with a duration of life like that of Brahma
- api
- even
- purusah
- a person
- tasmat
- therefore
- pradhanyena
- by a general description of the chief places
- eva
- certainly
- bhu-golaka-visesam
- the particular description of Bhuloka
- nama-rupa
- names and forms
- mana
- measurements
- laksanatah
- according to symptoms
- vyakhyasyamah
- I shall try to explain
The great rsi Sukadeva Gosvami said: My dear King, there is no limit to the expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s material energy. This material world is a transformation of the material qualities (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna), yet no one could possibly explain it perfectly, even in a lifetime as long as that of Brahma No one in the material world is perfect, and an imperfect person could not describe this material universe accurately, even after continued speculation. O King, I shall nevertheless try to explain to you the principal regions, such as Bhu-goloka (Bhuloka), with their names, forms, measurements and various symptoms.