यथेमेऽविकृता भावास्तथा ते विकृतै: सह । नानावीर्या: पृथग्भूता विराजं जनयन्ति हि ॥ १५ ॥ सन्निपत्य समुत्पाद्य दृश्यन्तेऽनुगता इव । प्रागेव विद्यमानत्वान्न तेषामिह सम्भव: ॥ १६ ॥ एवं भवान् बुद्ध्यनुमेयलक्षणै- र्ग्राह्यैर्गुणै: सन्नपि तद्गुणाग्रह: । अनावृतत्वाद् बहिरन्तरं न ते सर्वस्य सर्वात्मन आत्मवस्तुन: ॥ १७ ॥
yatheme ’vikṛtā bhāvās tathā te vikṛtaiḥ saha nānā-vīryāḥ pṛthag-bhūtā virājaṁ janayanti hi sannipatya samutpādya dṛśyante ’nugatā iva prāg eva vidyamānatvān na teṣām iha sambhavaḥ evaṁ bhavān buddhy-anumeya-lakṣaṇair grāhyair guṇaiḥ sann api tad-guṇāgrahaḥ anāvṛtatvād bahir antaraṁ na te sarvasya sarvātmana ātma-vastunaḥ
- yathā
- as
- ime
- these material creations, made of material energy
- avikṛtāḥ
- actually not disintegrated
- bhāvāḥ
- with such a conception
- tathā
- similarly
- te
- they
- vikṛtaiḥ saha
- association with these different elements coming from the total material energy
- nānā-vīryāḥ
- every element is full of different energies
- pṛthak
- separated
- bhūtāḥ
- becoming
- virājam
- the whole cosmic manifestation
- janayanti
- create
- hi
- indeed
- sannipatya
- because of association with the spiritual energy
- samutpādya
- after being created
- dṛśyante
- they appear
- anugatāḥ
- entered within it
- iva
- as if
- prāk
- from the very beginning, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation
- eva
- indeed
- vidyamānatvāt
- due to the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- na
- not
- teṣām
- of these material elements
- iha
- in this matter of creation
- sambhavaḥ
- entering would have been possible
- evam
- in this way
- bhavān
- O my Lord
- buddhi-anumeya-lakṣaṇaiḥ
- by real intelligence and by such symptoms
- grāhyaiḥ
- with the objects of the senses
- guṇaiḥ
- with the modes of material nature
- san api
- although in touch
- tat-guṇa-agrahaḥ
- are not touched by the material qualities
- anāvṛtatvāt
- because of being situated everywhere
- bahiḥ antaram
- within the external and internal
- na te
- there is no such thing for You
- sarvasya
- of everything
- sarva-ātmanaḥ
- You are the root of everything
- ātma-vastunaḥ
- everything belongs to You, but You are outside and inside of everything
The mahat-tattva, the total material energy, is undivided, but because of the material modes of nature, it appears to separate into earth, water, fire, air and ether. Because of the living energy [jīva-bhūta], these separated energies combine to make the cosmic manifestation visible, but in fact, before the creation of the cosmos, the total energy is already present. Therefore, the total material energy never actually enters the creation. Similarly, although You are perceived by our senses because of Your presence, You cannot be perceived by the senses, nor experienced by the mind or words [avāṅ-mānasa-gocara]. With our senses we can perceive some things, but not everything; for example, we can use our eyes to see, but not to taste. Consequently, You are beyond perception by the senses. Although in touch with the modes of material nature, You are unaffected by them. You are the prime factor in everything, the all-pervading, undivided Supersoul. For You, therefore, there is no external or internal. You never entered the womb of Devakī; rather, You existed there already.