ज्ञानशक्तिबलैश्वर्यवीर्यतेजांस्यशेषतः ।
भगवच्छब्दवाच्यानि विना हेयैर्गुणादिभिः ।
jñāna-śakti-balaiśvarya-vīrya-tejāṁsy aśeṣataḥ |
bhagavac-chabda-vācyāni vinā heyair guṇādibhiḥ |
(Viṣṇu Purāṇa 6.5.79; cited in Bhagavat Sandarbha: 1, 35; Sarva Saṁvādinī)
“The substantives of the word ‘Bhagavat’ are unlimited knowledge, capability, strength, mastery, potency, and effulgence free from the objectionable [material] guṇas and so forth.”
Commentary
prakārāntareṇa ṣaḍ-bhagān darśayati—jñāna-śaktīti | jñānam antaḥkaraṇasya | śaktir indriyāṇām | balaṁ śarīrasya | aiśvarya-vīrye vyākhyāte | tejaḥ kāntiḥ |
(Excerpt from Bhagavat Sandarbha: 3)
“He shows the six excellences (bhagas) in a different way: jñāna-śakti … [i.e., he states this verse]. ‘Knowledge’ (jñāna) belongs to the psyche (antaḥkaraṇa). ‘Capability’ (śakti) belongs to the senses. ‘Strength’ (bala) belongs to the body. ‘Mastery’ (aiśvarya) and ‘potency’ (vīrya) were explained [in the commentary on VP 6.5.74, i.e., ‘mastery’ (aiśvarya) refers to being subduing of everything, and ‘potency’ (vīrya) refers to efficacy like [that] of jewels, mantras, and so on, meaning, capacity to produce incomprehensible effects]. ‘Effulgence’ refers to splendor.”