View source for When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called maya

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called māyā"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|undefined}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2020-11-24T14:37:29Z}}
{{last|2020-11-24T14:37:29Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:When God]]
[[Category:Supreme Personality of Godhead]]
[[Category:God's Incarnations]]
[[Category:God Does Not]]
[[Category:God Needs No Help]]
[[Category:From]]
[[Category:God's External Energy]]
[[Category:God's Appearance]]
[[Category:God - As He Is]]
[[Category:God's Spiritual Potencies]]
[[Category:Is Also]]
[[Category:Is Called...]]
[[Category:Maya the Illusory Energy]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 06 Chapter 18 Purports - Diti Vows to Kill King Indra]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 06 Purports]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 6</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 4.6): "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form." When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called māyā. It is said, ato māyāmayaṁ viṣṇuṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ: the body accepted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called māyāmaya. This does not mean that He is formed of the external energy; this māyā refers to His internal potency.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 6.18.8|SB 6.18.8, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
By His own potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has multifarious potencies, appeared in the form of a dwarf as Urukrama, the twelfth son of Aditi. In the womb of His wife, whose name was Kīrti, He begot one son, named Bṛhatśloka, who had many sons, headed by Saubhaga.
</div>
<div class="text">
As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā ([[Vanisource:BG 4.6 (1972)|BG 4.6]]):

<div class="quote_verse">
:ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā
:bhūtānām īśvaro 'pi san
:prakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāya 
:sambhavāmy ātma-māyayā
</div>

"Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form." When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called māyā. It is said, ato māyāmayaṁ viṣṇuṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ: the body accepted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called māyāmaya. This does not mean that He is formed of the external energy; this māyā refers to His internal potency.
</div>
</div>
</div>