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Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.]

janma karma ca viśvātmann ajasyākartur ātmanaḥ tiryaṅ-nṝṣiṣu yādaḥsu tat atyanta-viḍambanam

[SB 1.8.30]

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"Of course, it is bewildering, O soul of the universe, that You work, though You are inactive, that You take …

Prabhupāda:

janma karma ca viśvātmann ajasyākartur ātmanaḥ tiryaṅ-nṝṣiṣu yādaḥsu tat atyanta-viḍambanam

[SB 1.8.30]

This viḍambanam word, the English translation is almost similar---"bewildering." Viḍambanam, "bewildering."

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