# Bs. 5.41 > माया हि यस्य जगदण्डशतानि सूते > त्रैगुण्यतद्विषयवेदवितायमाना । > सत्त्वावलम्बिपरसत्त्वं विशुद्धसत्त्वं > गोविन्दमादिपुरुषं तमहं भजामि ॥ ४१ ॥ ## Text > māyā hi yasya jagad-aṇḍa-śatāni sūte > traiguṇya-tad-*viṣaya*-veda-vitāyamānā > sattvāvalambi-para-*sattva*ṁ viśuddha-sattvam- > govindam ādi-*puruṣa*ṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi ## Synonyms *māyā*—the external potency; *hi*—indeed; *yasya*—of whom; *jagat-aṇḍa*—of universes; *śatāni*—hundreds; *sūte*—brings forth; *trai-guṇya*—embodying the threefold mundane qualities; *tat*—of that; *viṣaya*—the subject matter; *veda*—the Vedic knowledge; *vitāyamānā*—diffusing; *sattva-avalambi*—the support of all existence; *para-sattvam*—the ultimate entity; *viśuddha-sattvam*—the absolute substantive principle; *govindam*—Govinda; *ādi-puruṣam*—the original person; *tam*—Him; *aham*—I; *bhajāmi*—worship. ## Translation **I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is the absolute substantive principle being the ultimate entity in the form of the support of all existence whose external potency embodies the threefold mundane qualities, viz., *sattva*, *rajas*, and *tamas* and diffuses the Vedic knowledge regarding the mundane world.** ## Purport The active mundane quality of *rajas* brings forth or generates all mundane entities. The quality of *sattva* (mundane manifestive principle) in conjunction with *rajas* stands for the maintenance of the existence of entities that are so produced, and the quality of *tamas* represents the principle of destruction. The substantive principle, which is mixed with the threefold mundane qualities, is mundane, while the unmixed substance is transcendental. The quality of eternal existence is the principle of absolute entity. The person whose proper form abides in that essence, is alone unalloyed entity. nonmundane, supermundane and free from all mundane quality. He is cognitive bliss. It is the deluding energy who has elaborated the regulative knowledge (*Vedas*) bearing on the threefold mundane quality. --- *Translation and purport by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura*