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TEXT 8 prakrtim svam avastabhya
SYNONYMS  prakrtim--material
nature; svam--of My personal Self; avastabhya--enter in;
visrjami--create;
punah punah--again, again; bhuta-gramam--all these cosmic
manifestations; imam--this; krtsnam--total;
avasam--automatically;
prakrteh--by the force of nature;
vasat--under obligation.
TRANSLATION The whole
cosmic order is under Me. By My will it is manifested again and again,
and by My will it is annihilated at the end.
PURPORT This matter
is the manifestation of the inferior energy of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. This has already been explained several times. At the creation,
the material energy is let loose as the mahat-tattva, into which
the Lord as His first Purusa incarnation, Maha-Visnu, enters. He lies within
the Causal Ocean and breathes out innumerable universes, and into each
universe the Lord again enters as Garbhodakasayi Visnu. Each universe is
in that way created. He still further manifests Himself as Ksirodakasayi
Visnu, and that Visnu enters into everything--even into the minute atom.
This fact is explained here. He enters into everything.
Now, as
far as the living entities are concerned, they are impregnated into this
material nature, and as a result of their past deeds they take different
positions. Thus the activities of this material world begin. The activities
of the different species of living beings are begun from the very moment
of the creation. It is not that all is evolved. The different species of
life are created immediately along with the universe. Men, animals, beasts,
birds--everything is simultaneously created, because whatever desires the
living entities had at the last annihilation are again manifested. It is
clearly stated here that the living entities have nothing to do with this
process. The state of being in their past life in the past creation is
simply manifested again, and all this is done simply by His will. This
is the inconceivable potency of the Supreme Personality of God. And after
creating different species of life, He has no connection with them. The
creation takes place to accommodate the inclinations of the various living
entities, and so the Lord does not become involved with it.
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