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The Process of Creation
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When a hungry man is given food to eat, he feels satiation of hunger and the pleasure of dining simultaneously. Thus he does not have to ask whether he has actually been fed or not. The crucial test of hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  is that one should get positive enlightenment by such an act.
TEXT 6
भूय एव विवित्सामि भगवानात्ममायया । यथेदं सृजते विश्वं दुर्विभाव्यमधीश्वरैः ॥ ६ ॥
bhūya eva vivitsāmi bhagavān ātma-māyayā yathedam srjate viśvam durvibhāvyam adhīśvaraiḥ
bhūyaḥ—again; eva—also; vivitsāmi—I wish to learn; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; ātma—personal; māyayā—by the energies; yathā—as; idam—this phenomenal world; srjate—does create; viśvam—universe; durvibhāvyam—inconceivable; adhīśvaraiḥ—by the great demigods.
TRANSLATION
I beg to know from you how the Personality of Godhead, by His personal energies, creates these phenomenal universes as they are, which are inconceivable even by the great demigods.
PURPORT
In every inquisitive mind the important question of the creation of the phenomenal world arises, and therefore for a personality like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, who was to know all activities of the Lord from his spiritual master, such inquiry is not uncommon. For every unknown thing, we have to learn and inquire from a learned personality. The question of creation is also one of such inquiries to be made from the right person. The spiritual master, therefore, must be one who is  sarva-jña , as stated hereinbefore in connection with Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Thus all inquiries on God which are unknown to the disciple may be made from the qualified