श्रीभगवानुवाच ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय सर्वगुणसङ्ख्यानायानन्तायाव्यक्ताय नम इति ॥ १७ ॥
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 transcendental 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.