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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.104
Text
viṣṇu-rūpa hañā kare jagat pālane
guṇātīta-viṣṇu sparśa nāhi māyā-guṇe
Synonyms

viṣṇu-rūpa-the form of Lord Viṣṇu; hañā-becoming; kare-does; jagat pālane-maintenance of the material world; guṇa-atīta-beyond the material qualities; viṣṇu-Lord Viṣṇu; sparśa-touch; nāhi-not; māyā-guṇe-in the material qualities.

Translation

And as Lord Viṣṇu He maintains the entire world. Lord Viṣṇu, being beyond all material attributes, has no touch with the material qualities.

Purport

Śrī Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa says that although Viṣṇu is the predominating Deity of the quality of goodness in the material world, He is never affected by the quality of goodness, for He directs that quality simply by His supreme will. It is said that all living entities can derive all good fortune from the Lord simply by His will. In the Vāmana Purāṇa it is said that the same Viṣṇu expands Himself as Brahmā and Śiva to direct the different qualities.