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Knowledge of the Absolute.
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पारंपरिक परिचय
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, Viṣṇu. 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 be 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, Kṛṣṇa, the supreme creator of all individual souls and the original cause of all causes, as the  Kaṭha Upaniṣad  confirms:  nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām.
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मत्तः परतरं नान्यतिंकचिदस्ति धनंजय । मयि सर्वमिदं ग्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ ७ ॥
mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyat kiñcid asti dhanañjaya mayi sarvam idaṁ protaṁ sūtre maṇi-gaṇā iva
mattaḥ —beyond Myself;  parataram —superior;  na —not;  anyat —anything else;  kiñcit —something;  asti —there is;  dhanañjaya —O conquerer of wealth;  mayi —in Me;  sarvam —all that be;  idam —which we see;  protam —strung;  sūtre —on a thread;  maṇi-gaṇāḥ —pearls;  iva —likened.
TRANSLATION
O conquerer of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread.