The soul is eternal spirit; matter changes; Krishna's greatness is incomparable to the soul's diminutive perfection.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.30 — October 5, 1972, Los Angeles 721005SB-LOS ANGELES [37:49 Minutes] SB-01.03.30_721005SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers playing; sings along] [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] [break]
Prabhupāda: Hums. Go on. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto number one, Chapter 3, text 31. [begins chanting] Yathā nabhasi... [pauses] Hmm.
Prabhupāda: [indistinct]. Pradyumna: Oh. Thirty. I'm sorry.
[leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] etad rūpaṁ bhagavato hy arūpasya cid-ātmanaḥ māyā-guṇair viracitaṁ mahadādibhir ātmani [SB 1.3.30] Prabhupāda: All right. Ladies? [ladies chant] That's all right. Word meaning?
Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] etat—all these; rūpam—forms; bhagavataḥ—of the Lord; hi—certainly; arūpasya—of one who has no material form; cit-ātmanaḥ—of the Transcendence; māyā—material energy; guṇaiḥ—by the qualities; viracitam—manufactured; mahat-ādibhiḥ—with the ingredients of matter; ātmani—in the self. [12:44] Translation: "The conception of the virāṭ, universal form of the Lord, as appearing in the material world, is imaginary. It is to enable the less intelligent and neophytes to adjust to the idea of the Lord having form. But factually the Lord has no material form." Prabhupāda: So this is very important verse. Form and formless.