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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.43

గన్ధర్వా ఊచు: అంశాంశాస్తే దేవ మరీచ్యాదయ ఏతే బ్రహ్మేన్ద్రాద్యా దేవగణా రుద్రపురోగా: । క్రీడాభాణ్డం విశ్వమిదం యస్య విభూమన్ తస్మై నిత్యం నాథ నమస్తే కరవామ ॥ ౪౩ ॥
gandharvā ūcuḥ
[gandharvaa oochuh]
aṁśāṁśās te deva marīcy-ādaya ete
[amshaamshaas te deva mareechy-aadaya ete]
brahmendrādyā deva-gaṇā rudra-purogāḥ
[brahmendraadyaa deva-ganaa rudra-purogaah]
krīḍā-bhāṇḍaṁ viśvam idaṁ yasya vibhūman
[kreedaa-bhaandam vishvam idam yasya vibhooman]
tasmai nityaṁ nātha namas te karavāma
[tasmai nityam naatha namas te karavaama]
gandharvāḥ — the Gandharvas ūcuḥ — said aṁśa-aṁśāḥ — parts and parcels of Your body te — Your deva — dear Lord marīci-ādayaḥ — Marīci and the other great sages ete — these brahma-indra-ādyāḥ — headed by Brahmā and Indra deva-gaṇāḥ — the demigods rudra-purogāḥ — having Lord Śiva as the chief krīḍā-bhāṇḍam — a plaything viśvam — the whole creation idam — this yasya — of whom vibhūman — the Supreme Almighty Great tasmai — unto Him nityam — always nātha — O Lord namaḥ — respectful obeisances te — unto You karavāma — we offer.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
gandharvā ūcuḥ
gandharvāḥ
the Gandharvas
ūcuḥ
said
aṁśāṁśās te deva marīcy-ādaya ete
aṁśa-aṁśāḥ
parts and parcels of Your body
te
Your
deva
dear Lord
marīci-ādayaḥ
Marīci and the other great sages
ete
these
brahmendrādyā deva-gaṇā rudra-purogāḥ
brahma-indra-ādyāḥ
headed by Brahmā and Indra
deva-gaṇāḥ
the demigods
rudra-purogāḥ
having Lord Śiva as the chief
krīḍā-bhāṇḍaṁ viśvam idaṁ yasya vibhūman
krīḍā-bhāṇḍam
a plaything
viśvam
the whole creation
idam
this
yasya
of whom
vibhūman
the Supreme Almighty Great
tasmai nityaṁ nātha namas te karavāma
tasmai
unto Him
nityam
always
nātha
O Lord
namaḥ
respectful obeisances
te
unto You
karavāma
we offer.
The Gandharvas said: Dear Lord, all the demigods, including Lord Śiva, Lord Brahmā and Indra, along with Marīci and the other great sages, are all only differentiated parts and parcels of Your body. You are the Supreme Almighty Great; the whole creation is just like a plaything for You. We always accept You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we offer our respectful obeisances unto You.

In the Brahma-saṁhitā it is said that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There may be many gods, from Brahmā, Lord Śiva, Indra and Candra down to the rulers of the lower planetary systems, and the presidents, ministers, chairmen and kings. In fact, anyone can think that he is God. That is the false, puffed-up conviction of material life. Actually Viṣṇu is the Supreme Lord, but there is even one above Viṣṇu, for Viṣṇu is also the plenary portion of a part of Kṛṣṇa. In this verse this is referred to by the word aṁśāṁśāḥ, which refers to part and parcel of a part and parcel. There are similar verses in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta which indicate that the Supreme Lord’s parts and parcels again expand into other parts and parcels. As described in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, there are many manifestations of Viṣṇu and many manifestations of living entities. Viṣṇu manifestations are called svāṁśa, partial manifestations, and the living entities are called vibhinnāṁśa. The demigods like Brahmā and Indra have been promoted to such exalted positions by pious activities and austerities, but actually Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, is the master of everyone. In the Caitanya-caritāmṛta it is said, ekale īśvara kṛṣṇa, āra saba bhṛtya. This means that Kṛṣṇa alone is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all others, even the viṣṇu-tattva and certainly the living entities, are His servitors. Baladeva is the immediate expansion of Kṛṣṇa. He also engages in the service of Kṛṣṇa, and certainly the ordinary living entities are serving. Everyone is created, constitutionally, for serving Kṛṣṇa. Here the Gandharvas acknowledge that although the demigods may represent themselves as the Supreme, actually they are not supreme. Real supremacy belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam is the statement of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: “Kṛṣṇa is the only Supreme Lord.” Worship of Kṛṣṇa alone, therefore, includes worship of all the parts and parcels, just as watering the root of a tree also waters all the branches, twigs, leaves and flowers.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Gandharvas said: O Lord! Most powerful person! Marīci, Brahmā, the devatās, having Śiva as their head, are portions of portions of you, for whom this universe is a pot used in playing. Therefore we offer respects to you. Let us offer respects to you. We, entering the assembly, praised Dakṣa as the Supreme Lord but actually we praise you alone, since all others are portions of your portions. They think they are the Lord but they are not. This is directed to Brahmā and others.
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