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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
The modes of nature that directly cause material actions are also originally activated by Nārāyaṇa. A simple example will explain how this is so. When a potter manufactures a pot from earth, the potter's wheel, his tools and the potter himself are the remote causes of the pot, but the potter is the chief cause. Similarly, Nārāyaṇa is the chief cause of all material creations, and the material energy supplies the ingredients of matter. Therefore without Nārāyaṇa, all other causes are useless, just as the potter's wheel and tools are useless without the potter himself. Since materialistic scientists ignore the Personality of Godhead, it is as if they were concerned with the potter's wheel and its rotation, the potter's tools and the ingredients for the pots, but had no knowledge of the potter himself. Therefore modern science has created an imperfect, godless civilization that is in gross ignorance of the ultimate cause. Scientific advancement should have a great goal to attain, and that great goal should be the Personality of Godhead. In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said that after conducting research for many, many births, great men of knowledge who stress the importance of experimental thought can know the Personality of Godhead, who is the cause of all causes. When one knows Him perfectly, one surrenders unto Him and then becomes a  mahātmā .
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বৈকুণ্ঠ বেড়িয়া এক আছে জলনিধি ।
অনন্ত, অপার—তার নাহিক অবধি ॥ ৫২ ॥
vaikuṇṭha beḍiyā eka āche jala-nidhi ananta, apāra—tāra nāhika avadhi
SYNONYMS
vaikuṇṭha —the spiritual planets of Vaikuṇṭha;  beḍiyā —surrounding;  eka —one;  āche —there is;  jala-nidhi —ocean of water;  ananta —unlimited;  apāra —unfathomed;  tāra —of that;  nāhika —no;  avadhi —limitation.
TRANSLATION
Surrounding Vaikuṇṭha is a mass of water that is endless, unfathomed and unlimited.
TEXT 53
বৈকুণ্ঠের পৃথিব্যাদি সকল চিন্ময় ।
মায়িক ভূতের তথি জন্ম নাহি হয় ॥ ৫৩ ॥
vaikuṇṭhera pṛthivy-ādi sakala cinmaya māyika bhūtera tathi janma nāhi haya