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Creation of the Universal Form
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Viṣṇu], and then [as Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu] into all the elements, including every atom of matter. Such manifestations of cosmic creation are innumerable, both in the universes and in the individual atoms.”
Similarly, this is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 10.42):
athavā bahunaitena kiṁ jñātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyāham idaṁ kṛtsnam ekāṁśena sthito jagat.
“O Arjuna, there is no necessity of your knowing about My innumerable energies, which act in various ways. I enter into the material creation by My partial plenary expansion [Paramātmā, or the Supersoul] in all the universes and in all the elements thereof, and thus the work of creation goes on.” The wonderful activities of material nature are due to Lord Kṛṣṇa, and thus He is the final cause or the ultimate cause of all causes.
TEXT 3
सोऽनुप्रविष्टो भगवांश्चेष्टारूपेण तं गणम् । भिन्नं संयोजयामास सुप्तं कर्म प्रबोधयन् ॥ ३ ॥
so 'nupraviṣṭo bhagavāṁś ceṣṭārūpeṇa taṁ gaṇam bhinnaṁ saṁyojayāmāsa suptaṁ karma prabodhayan
saḥ—that; anupraviṣṭaḥ—thus entering later on; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; ceṣṭārūpeṇa—by His representation of attempt, Kālī; tam—them; gaṇam—all the living entities, including the demigods; bhinnam—separately; saṁyojayāmāsa—engaged them to work; suptam—sleeping; karma—work; prabodhayan—enlightenment.
TRANSLATION
Thus when the Personality of Godhead enters into the elements by His energy, all the living entities are enlivened into different activities, just as one engages in his work after awakening from sleep.
PURPORT
Every individual soul remains unconscious after the dissolution of the creation and thus enters into the Lord with His material energy. These individual living entities are conditioned souls everlastingly, but in each and every material creation they are given a chance to liberate themselves and