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The Three Modes of Material Nature
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nature is mixed by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thereafter all living entities are born of this material nature.
The scorpion lays its eggs in piles of rice, and sometimes it is said that the scorpion is born out of rice. But the rice is not the cause of the scorpion. Actually, the eggs were laid by the mother. Similarly, material nature is not the cause of the birth of the living entities. The seed is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they only seem to come out as products of material nature. Thus every living entity, according to his past activities, has a different body, created by this material nature, and the entity can enjoy or suffer according to his past deeds. The Lord is the cause of all the manifestations of living entities in this material world.
TEXT 4.
सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः संभवन्ति याः । तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥ ४ ॥
sarva-yonişu kaunteya   mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ   tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir   ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā
sarva-yoniṣu —in all species of life;  kaunteya —O son of Kuntī;  mūrtayaḥ —forms;  sambhavanti —as they appear;  yāḥ —which;  tāsām —all of them;  brahma —supreme;  mahat yoniḥ —the source of birth in the material substance;  aham —Myself;  bīja-pradaḥ —seed-giving;  pitā —father.
TRANSLATION
It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.
PURPORT
In this verse it is clearly explained that the Supreme Personality of God-head, Kṛṣṇa, is the original father of all living entities. The living entities are combinations of the material nature and the spiritual nature. Such living entities are seen not only on this planet, but in every planet, even in