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The Lord Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī
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life itself. As explained in the  Vedas :  nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām  (Kaṭha  Upaniṣad  2.2.13). The Supreme Lord is the original source of life.
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কালবৃত্ত্যা তু মায়ায়াং গুণময্যামধোক্ষজঃ । পুরুষেণাত্মভৃতেন বীর্যমাধত্ত বীর্যবান্ ॥ ২৭৫ ॥
kāla-vṛttyā tu māyāyāṁ
guṇamayyām adhokṣajaḥ
puruṣeṇātma-bhūtena
vīryam ādhatta vīryavān
SYNONYMS
kāla-vṛttyā —in due course of time, as the immediate cause of creation;  tu —but;  māyāyām —within the material nature;  guṇa-mayyām —full of the three material modes of nature ( sattva-guṇa ,  rajo-guṇa  and  tamo-guṇa );  adhokṣajaḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond material conceptions;  puruṣeṇa —by the enjoyer of material nature;  ātma-bhūtena —who is an expansion of His personal self;  vīryam —semina;  ādhatta —placed;  vīryavān —the omnipotent.
TRANSLATION
“‘In due course of time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead [Mahā-Viṣṇu or Mahā-Vaikuṇṭhanātha], by the agency of a further expansion of His personal self, places the seed of the living entities within the womb of material nature.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (3.5.26). This verse tells how the living entities come in contact with material nature. Just as a woman cannot beget children without uniting with a man, material nature cannot beget living entities without being in union with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is a history of how the Absolute Lord becomes the father of all living entities. In every system of religion, it is accepted that God is the supreme father of all living entities. According to Christianity, the supreme father, God, provides the living entities with all of life's necessities. Therefore they pray, "Give us this day our daily bread." Any religion that does not accept the Supreme Lord as the absolute father is called  kaitava-dharma , or a cheating religion. Such religious systems are rejected in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.1.2):  dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo 'tra . Only an atheist does