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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
māyā-aṁśe kahi tāre nimitta-kāraṇa seha nahe, yāte kartā-hetu—nārāyaṇa
SYNONYMS
māyā-aṁśe —to the other portion of the material nature;  kahi —I say;  tāre —unto her;  nimitta-kāraṇa —immediate cause;  seha nahe —that cannot be;  yāte —because;  kartā-hetu —the original cause;  nārāyaṇa —Lord Nārāyaṇa.
TRANSLATION
The māyā aspect of material nature is the immediate cause of the cosmic manifestation. But it also cannot be the real cause, for the original cause is Lord Nārāyaṇa.
TEXT 63
যটের নিমিত্ত-হেতু যেছে কুণ্ডকার।   তৈছে জগতের কর্তা—পুরুষবিতার ॥ ৬৩ ॥
ghaṭera nimitta-hetu yaiche kumbhakāra taiche jagatera kartā—puruṣāvatāra
SYNONYMS
ghaṭera —of the earthen pot;  nimitta-hetu —original cause;  yaiche —just as;  kumbhakāra —the potter;  taiche —similarly;  jagatera kartā —the creator of the material world;  puruṣa-avatāra —the  puruṣa  incarnation, or Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu.
TRANSLATION
Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first  puruṣa  incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu].
TEXT 64
কৃষ্ণ—কর্তা, মায়া তাঁর করেন সহায়।   যটের কারণ—চক্র-দণ্ডাদি উপায় ॥ ৬৪ ॥
kṛṣṇa—kartā, māyā tāṅra karena sahāya ghaṭera kāraṇa—cakra-daṇḍādi upāya
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa —Lord Kṛṣṇa;  kartā —the creator;  māyā —material energy;  tāṅra —His;  karena —does;  sahāya —assistance;  ghaṭera kāraṇa —the cause of the earthen pot;  cakra-daṇḍa-ādi —the wheel, the rod, and so on;  upāya —instruments.