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TEXT 6 etad-yonini bhutani
SYNONYMS  etat--these
two natures; yonini--source of birth; bhutani--everything
created; sarvani--all; iti--thus; upadharaya--know;
aham--I; krtsnasya--all-inclusive; jagatah--of the
world; prabhavah--source of manifestation; pralayah--annihilation;
tatha--as well as.
TRANSLATION Of all that
is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that
I am both its origin and dissolution.
PURPORT Everything that
exists is a product of matter and spirit. Spirit is the basic field of
creation, and matter is created by spirit. Spirit is not created at a certain
stage of material development. Rather, this material world is manifested
only on the basis of spiritual energy. This material body is developed
because spirit is present within matter; a child grows gradually to boyhood
and then to manhood because of that superior energy, spirit soul, being
present. Similarly, the entire cosmic manifestation of the gigantic universe
is developed because of the presence of the Supersoul, Visnu. Therefore
spirit and matter, which combine together to manifest this gigantic universal
form, are originally two energies of the Lord, and consequently the Lord
is the original cause of everything. A fragmental part and parcel of the
Lord, namely, the living entity, may by manipulation of material energy
construct a skyscraper, factory or city, but he cannot create matter out
of nothing, and he certainly cannot construct a planet or a universe. The
cause of the universe is the Supersoul, Krsna, the supreme creator of all
individual souls and the original cause of all causes, as the Katha
Upanisad confirms: nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam.
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