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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 10]
existent without being occasionally created or destroyed, and the conditioned soul can understand what he should do and how his valuable energy may be utilized. Instead of wasting his energy in matter, which is sure to be destroyed in due course by the supreme will, he (the conditioned soul) should utilize his energy in devotional service of the Lord so that he can be transferred to the other, eternal nature where there is no birth, no death, no creation, no destruction, but permanent life instead, full of knowledge and unlimited bliss. This temporary creation is thus exhibited and destroyed just to give information to the conditioned soul who is attached to temporary things. It is meant also to give him a chance for self-realization, and not for sense gratification, which is the prime aim of all fruitive actors.
TEXT 44
इत्थंभावेन कथितो भगवान् भगवत्तमः । नेत्थंभावेन हि परं द्रष्टुमर्हन्ति सूरयः ॥४४॥
itthambhāvena kathito bhagavān bhagavattamaḥ netthambhāvena hi paraṁ draṣṭum arhanti sūrayaḥ
ittham—in these features; bhāvena—matter of creation and destruction; kathitaḥ—described; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; bhagavattamaḥ—by the great transcendentalists; na—not; ittham—in this; bhāvena—features; hi—only; paraṁ—most glorious; draṣṭum—to see; arhanti—deserve; sūrayaḥ—great devotees.
TRANSLATION
The great transcendentalists thus describe the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but the pure devotees deserve to see more glorious things in transcendence, beyond these features.
PURPORT
The Lord is not only creator and destroyer of the material manifestations of His different energies. He is more than simple creator and de-