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Bhagavad-णोंवे As It Is
[Ch. 7]
monistic theory that God and the living entities are equal in all respects are actually misleading themselves and others.”
The Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa is the only controller, and all living entities are controlled by Him. These living entities are His superior energy because the quality of their existence is one and the same with the Supreme, but they are never equal to the Lord in quantity of power. While exploiting the gross and subtle inferior energy (matter), the superior energy (the living entity) forgets his real spiritual mind and intelligence. This forgetfulness is due to the influence of matter upon the living entity. But when the living entity becomes free from the influence of the illusory material energy, he attains the stage called  mukti , or liberation. The false ego, under the influence of material illusion, thinks, “I am matter, and material acquisitions are mine.” His actual position is realized when he is liberated from all material ideas, including the conception of his becoming one in all respects with God. Therefore one may conclude that the  Gūtā  confirms the living entity to be only one of the multi-energies of Kṛṣṇa; and when this energy is freed from material contamination, it becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, or liberated.
TEXT 6
एतद्योनीनि भूतानि सर्वाणीत्युपधारय । अहं कृत्स्नस्य जगतः प्रभवः प्रलयस्तथा ॥ ६ ॥
etad yonīni bhūtāni  
 sarvāṇīty upadhāraya  
 ahaṁ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ  
 prabhavaḥ pralayas tathā
etat —these two natures;  yonīni —source of birth;  bhūtāni —everything created;  saṛvāṇi —all;  iti —thus;  upadhāraya —know;  aham —I;  kṛtsnasya —all-inclusive;  jagataḥ —of the world;  prabhavaḥ —source of manifestation;  pralayaḥ —annihilation;  tathā —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.