Chapter 13. Nature,
the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
TEXT 27
yavat sanjayate kincit
sattvam sthavara-jangamam
ksetra-ksetrajna-samyogat
tad viddhi bharatarsabha
SYNONYMS
yavat--whatever;
sanjayate--takes place; kincit--anything; sattvam--existence;
sthavara--not moving; jangamam--moving; ksetra--the
body; ksetra-jna--knower of the body; samyogat--union between;
tat viddhi--you must know it; bharata-rsabha--O chief of
the Bharatas.
TRANSLATION
O chief of
the Bharatas, whatever you see in existence, both moving and unmoving,
is only the combination of the field of activities and the knower of the
field.
PURPORT
Both material
nature and the living entity, which were existing before the creation of
the cosmos, are explained in this verse. Whatever is created is but a combination
of the living entity and material nature. There are many manifestations
like trees, mountains and hills, which are not moving, and there are many
existences which are moving, and all of them are but combinations of material
nature and superior nature, the living entity. Without the touch of the
superior nature, the living entity, nothing can grow. Therefore the relationship
between matter and nature is eternally going on, and this combination is
effected by the Supreme Lord; therefore He is the controller of both the
superior and inferior natures. The material nature is created by Him, and
the superior nature is placed in this material nature, and thus all these
activities and manifestations take place.
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