Devanagari
या: काश्च भूमौ दिवि वै रसायां
विभूतयो दिक्षु महाविभूते ।
ता मह्यमाख्याह्यनुभावितास्ते
नमामि ते तीर्थपदाङ्घ्रिपद्मम् ॥ ५ ॥
Verse text
yāḥ kāś ca bhūmau divi vai rasāyāṁ
vibhūtayo dikṣu mahā-vibhūte
tā mahyam ākhyāhy anubhāvitās te
namāmi te tīrtha-padāṅghri-padmam
Synonyms
yāḥ kāḥ
—
whatever
;
ca
—
also
;
bhūmau
—
on the earth
;
divi
—
in heaven
;
vai
—
indeed
;
rasāyām
—
in hell
;
vibhūtayaḥ
—
potencies
;
dikṣu
—
in all directions
;
mahā
—
vibhūte — O supremely potent
;
tāḥ
—
those
;
mahyam
—
unto me
;
ākhyāhi
—
please explain
;
anubhāvitāḥ
—
manifested
;
te
—
by You
;
namāmi
—
I offer my humble obeisances
;
te
—
Your
;
tīrtha
—
pada — the abode of all holy places
;
aṅghri
—
padmam — at the lotus feet .
Translation
O supremely potent Lord, please explain to me Your innumerable potencies, which You manifest on the earth, in heaven, in hell and indeed in all directions. I offer my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet, which are the shelter of all holy places.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O supremely potent Lord! Please explain to me your innumerable vibhūtis which you manifest on the earth, in heaven, in hell and in all directions. I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet, which are the shelter of all holy places.
Therefore you yourself should reveal your hidden vibhūtis. These vibhūtis are made realizable by you. Please explain them and make me realize them. Spiritual portions of the Lord who is fully spiritual are called aṁśas. Those portions which are material are called vibhūtis. That is the usual meaning. Here however, the word vibhūti refers to both spiritual and material powers. It will be seen in the text that the best of all material and spiritual things will be described.
Purport
Uddhava here inquires about the Lord’s material and spiritual potencies, as manifested within our universe. Just as ordinary animals or insects living in human cities cannot appreciate the scientific, cultural or military achievements of man, similarly, foolish materialists cannot appreciate the mighty opulences of the Personality of Godhead, even those manifested within our universe. For the appreciation of ordinary human beings Uddhava requests the Lord to reveal exactly how and in what forms He expands His potencies. As already explained, the Lord is the essential ingredient of all that exists, and thus any mighty or opulent manifestation must ultimately rest on the Lord Himself.