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TEXT 10 mayadhyaksena prakrtih
SYNONYMS  maya--by
Me; adhyaksena--by superintendence; prakrtih--material nature;
suyate--manifests;
sa--with; cara-acaram--the moving and the nonmoving; hetuna--for
this reason; anena--this;
kaunteya--O son of Kunti; jagat--the
cosmic manifestation;
viparivartate--is working.
TRANSLATION This material
nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing
all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created
and annihilated again and again.
PURPORT It is clearly
stated here that the Supreme Lord, although aloof from all the activities
of the material world, remains the supreme director. The Supreme Lord is
the supreme will and the background of this material manifestation, but
the management is being conducted by material nature. Krsna also states
in Bhagavad-gita that of all the living entities in different forms
and species, "I am the father." The father gives seeds to the womb of the
mother for the child, and similarly the Supreme Lord by His mere glance
injects all the living entities into the womb of material nature, and they
come out in their different forms and species, according to their last
desires and activities. All these living entities, although born under
the glance of the Supreme Lord, still take their different bodies according
to their past deeds and desires. So the Lord is not directly attached to
this material creation. He simply glances over material nature; material
nature is thus activated, and everything is created immediately. Because
He glances over material nature, there is undoubtedly activity on the part
of the Supreme Lord, but He has nothing to do with the manifestation of
the material world directly. This example is given in the smrti:
when there is a fragrant flower before someone, the fragrance is touched
by the smelling power of the person, yet the smelling and the flower are
detached from one another. There is a similar connection between the material
world and the Supreme Personality of Godhead; actually He has nothing to
do with this material world, but He creates by His glance and ordains.
In summary, material nature, without the superintendence of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, cannot do anything. Yet the Supreme Personality
is detached from all material activities.
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