Text 36 |
Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
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ādhattāmbho rasa-mayam kāla-māyāmśa-yogataḥ
anilena—by the air; anvitam—interacted; jyotiḥ—electricity; vikurvat—being transformed; paravīkṣitam—being glanced over by the Supreme; ādhatta—created; ambhaḥ rasa-mayam—water with taste; kāla—eternal time; māyāmśa—external energy; yogataḥ—by a mixture.
TRANSLATION
When electricity was surcharged in the air and was glanced over by the Supreme, at that time, by a mixture of eternal time and external energy, there occurred the creation of water and taste.
TEXT 36
ज्योतिषाम्योऽनुसंमृष्टं विकुर्वद्व्यवीक्षितम् । महीं गन्धगुणामाशत्कात्मायांशयोगतः ॥३६॥
jyotiṣāmbho'nusamisṛṣṭam vikurvad brahma-vīkṣitam mahīm gandha-guṇām ādhāt kāla-māyāmśa-yogataḥ
jyotiṣā—electricity; ambhaḥ—water; anusamisṛṣṭam—thus created; vikurvat—due to transformation; brahma—the Supreme; vīkṣitam—so glanced over; mahīm—the earth; gandha—smell; guṇām—qualification; ādhāt—was created; kāla—eternal time; māyā—external energy; amiśa—partially; yogataḥ—by intermixture.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter the water produced from electricity was glanced over by the Supreme Personality of Godhead and mixed with eternal time and external energy. Thus it was transformed into the earth, which is qualified primarily by smell.
PURPORT
From the descriptions of the physical elements in the above verses it is clear that in all stages the glance of the Supreme is needed with the other additions and alterations. In every transformation, the last finishing touch is the glance of the Lord, who acts as a painter does when he mixes different colors to transform them into a particular color. When one element mixes with another, the number of its qualities increases. For