अस्थूलश्चानणुश्चैव स्थूलोऽणुश्चैव सर्वतः ।
अवर्णः सर्वतः प्रोक्तः श्यामो रक्तान्तलोचनः ।
ऐश्वर्ययोगाद्भगवान्विरुद्धार्थोऽभिधीयते ॥
तथापि दोषाः परमे नैवाहार्याः कथञ्चन ।
गुणा विरुद्धा अप्येते समाहार्याः समन्ततः ॥

asthūlaś cānaṇuś caiva sthūlo’ṇuś caiva sarvataḥ |
avarṇaḥ sarvataḥ proktaḥ śyāmo raktānta-locanaḥ |
aiśvarya-yogād bhagavān viruddhārtho’bhidhīyate ||
tathāpi doṣāḥ parame naivāhāryāḥ kathañcana |
guṇā viruddhā apy ete samāhāryāḥ samantataḥ ||
(Kūrma Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.1.242–243)

“Said to be in all respects non-gross and non-subtle as well as gross and subtle, in all respects colorless as well as swarthy and of eyes with reddish corners—by virtue of possessing mastery (aiśvarya), Bhagavān is known as Viruddhārtha [i.e., ‘he who is an object of contradiction’]. Still, faults are never to be attributed to the Supreme [i.e., Bhagavān] by any means, whereas even contradictory qualities are always to be attributed in full [to him, i.e., understood to coexist and function cooperatively within him].”

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