Ādi-līlā, Chapter 5
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TRANSLATION
Lord Kṛṣṇa is the creator, and māyā only helps Him as an instrument, just like the potter's wheel and other instruments, which are the instrumental causes of a pot.
TEXT 65
দূর হৈতে পুরুষ করে মায়াতে অবধান । 
    জীবন্নপ বীর্য তাতে করেন আধান ॥ ৬৫ ॥
dūra haite puruṣa kare māyāte avadhāna 
    jīva-rūpa vīrya tāte karena ādhāna
SYNONYMS
dūra haite —from a distance;  puruṣa —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kare —does;  māyāte —unto the material energy;  avadhāna —glancing over;  jīva-rūpa —the living entities;  vīrya —seed;  tāte —in her;  karena —does;  ādhāna —impregnation.
TRANSLATION
The first puruṣa casts His glance at māyā from a distance, and thus He impregnates her with the seed of life in the form of the living entities.
TEXT 66
এক অলাভাসে করে মায়াতে মিলন । 
    মায়া হৈতে জন্মে তবে ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ ॥ ৬৬ ॥
eka aṅgābhāse kare māyāte milana 
    māyā haite janme tabe brahmāṇḍera gaṇa
SYNONYMS
eka —one;  aṅga-ābhāse —bodily reflection;  kare —does;  māyāte —in the material energy;  milana —mixture;  māyā —the material energy;  haite —from;  janme —grows;  tabe —then;  brahma-aṇḍera gaṇa —the groups of universes.
TRANSLATION
The reflected rays of His body mix with māyā, and thus māyā gives birth to myriads of universes.
PURPORT
The Vedic conclusion is that the cosmic manifestation visible to the eyes of the conditioned soul is caused by the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, through the exertion of His specific energies, although in the conclusion of