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The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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sannipatya samutpādya dṛśyante 'nugatā iva prāg eva vidyamānatvān na teṣām iha sambhavaḥ
evam bhavān buddhy-anumeya-lakṣaṇair grāhyair guṇaiḥ sann api tad-guṇāgrahaḥ anāvṛtatvād bahir antaram na te sarvasya sarvātmana ātma-vastunaḥ
yathā—as; ime—these material creations, made of material energy; avikṛtā—actually not disintegrated; bhāvā—with such a conception; tathā—similarly; te—they; vikṛtaiḥ saha—association with these different elements coming from the total material energy; nānā-vīryā—every element is full of different energies; pṛthak—separated; bhūtā—becoming; virājam—the whole cosmic manifestation; janayanti—create; hi—indeed; sannipatya—because of association with the spiritual energy; samutpādya—after being created; dṛśyante—they appear; anugatā—entered within it; iva—as if; prāk—from the very beginning, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation; eva—indeed; vidyamānatvāt—due to the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; na—not; teṣām—of these material elements; iha—in this matter of creation; sambhavaḥ—entering would have been possible; evam—in this way; bhavān—O my Lord; buddhi-anumeya-lakṣaṇaiḥ—by real intelligence and by such symptoms; grāhyaiḥ—with the objects of the senses; guṇaiḥ—with the modes of material nature; san api—although in touch; tat-guṇa-agrahaḥ—are not touched by the material qualities; anāvṛtatvāt—because of being situated everywhere; bahiḥ antaram—within the external and internal; na te—there is no such thing for You; sarvasya—of everything; sarva-ātmanaḥ—You are the root of everything; ātma-vastunaḥ—everything belongs to You, but You are outside and inside of everything.
TRANSLATION
The mahat-tattva, the total material energy, is undivided, but because of the material modes of nature, it appears to separate into earth, water, fire, air and ether. Because of the living energy