Canto 3, Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Verse 44 (SB 3.20.44)
SB 3.20.44 • मूल श्लोक

सिद्धान् विद्याधरांश्चैव तिरोधानेन सोऽसृजत् । तेभ्योऽददात्तमात्मानमन्तर्धानाख्यमद्भुतम् ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

siddhān vidyādharāṁś caiva tirodhānena so ’sṛjat tebhyo ’dadāt tam ātmānam antardhānākhyam adbhutam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

siddhān — the Siddhas; vidyādharān — Vidyādharas; ca eva — and also; tirodhānena — by the faculty of remaining hidden from vision; saḥ — Lord Brahmā; asṛjat — created; tebhyaḥ — to them; adadāt — gave; tam ātmānam — that form of his; antardhāna-ākhyam — known as the Antardhāna; adbhutam — wonderful.

Translation

“Then Lord Brahmā, by his ability to be hidden from vision, created the Siddhas and Vidyādharas and gave them that wonderful form of his known as the Antardhāna.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda
Antardhāna means that these living creatures can be perceived to be present, but they cannot be seen by vision.