Ādi-līlā, Chapter 6
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ments, however, do not support the atheistic Kapila because the Kapila mentioned in the  Vedas  is a different Kapila, the son of Kardama and Devahūti. The atheist Kapila is a descendant of the dynasty of Agni and is one of the conditioned souls. But the Kapila who is the son of Kardama Muni is accepted as an incarnation of Vāsudeva. The  Padma Purāṇa  gives evidence that the Supreme Personality of Godhead Vāsudeva takes birth in the incarnation of Kapila and, by His expansion of theistic Sāṅkhya philosophy, teaches all the demigods and a  brāhmaṇa  of the name Āsuri. In the doctrine of the atheist Kapila there are many statements directly against the Vedic principles. The atheist Kapila does not accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He says that the living entity is himself the Supreme Lord and that no one is greater than him. His conceptions of so-called conditional and liberated life are materialistic, and he refuses to accept the importance of immortal time. All such statements are against the principles of the  Vedānta-sūtras .”
TEXT 16
আপনে পুরুষ—বিশ্বের ‘নিমিত্ত’-কারণ ।
অদ্বৈত-রূপে ‘উপাদান’ হন নারায়ণ ॥ ১৬ ॥
āpane puruṣa—viśvera ‘nimitta’-kāraṇa advaita-rūpe ‘upādāna’ hana nārāyaṇa
SYNONYMS
āpane —personally;  puruṣa —Lord Viṣṇu;  viśvera —of the entire material world;  nimitta kāraṇa —the original cause;  advaita-rūpe —in the form of Advaita;  upādāna —the material cause;  hana —becomes;  nārāyaṇa —Lord Nārāyaṇa.
TRANSLATION
Lord Viṣṇu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and Nārāyaṇa in the form of Śrī Advaita is the material cause [upādāna].
TEXT 17
‘নিমিত্তাংশে’ করে তেঁছো মায়াতে ঈক্ষণ ।
‘উপাদান’ অদ্বৈত করেন ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-স্বজন ॥ ১৭ ॥
‘nimittāṁśe’ kare teṅho māyāte īkṣaṇa ‘upādāna’ advaita karena brahmāṇḍa-sṛjana
SYNONYMS
nimitta-aṁśe —in the portion as the original cause;  kare —does;  teṅho —He;  māyāte —in the external energy;  īkṣaṇa —glancing;  upādāna —the material cause;  advaita —Advaita Ācārya;  karena —does;  brahmāṇḍa-sṛjana —creation of the material world.