The Transcendental Lord

[Guest guest]

nirguNo'pi hyajo'vyakto bhagavaan prakR^iteH paraH |

svamaayaaguNamaavishya baadhyabaadhakataa.m gataH || bhaa 7.1.6 ||

 

nirguNaH - without material qualities; api - although; hi -

certainly; ajaH - unborn; avyaktaH - unmanifest; bhagavaan - the

Supreme Lord; prakR^iteH - to material nature; paraH -

transcendental; sva-maayaa - of His own energy; guNam - material

qualities; aavishya - entering; baadhya - obligation; baadhakataam -

the condition of being obliged; gataH - accepts.

 

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, is always transcendental

to material qualities, and therefore He is called nirguna, or without

qualities. Because He is unborn, He does not have a material body to

be subjected to attachment and hatred. Although the Lord is always

above material existence, through His spiritual potency He appeared

and acted like an ordinary human being, accepting duties and

obligations, apparently like a conditioned soul. (bhaagavata puraaNa

7.1.6)