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Creation of the Universal Form
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tesām satata-yuktānām bhajatām prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogam tam yena mām upayānti te
The  buddhi-yoga  process of self-realization with intelligence transcendental to the mind (devotional service) can alone elevate one from the conditioned state of material entanglement in the cosmic construction. The conditioned state of the living entity is like that of a person who is within the depths of a huge mechanical arrangement. The mental speculators can reach the point of  buddhi-yoga  after many, many life-times of speculation, but the intelligent person who begins from the platform of intelligence above the mind makes rapid progress in self-realization. Because the  buddhi-yoga  process entails no fear of deterioration or retrogression at any time, it is the guaranteed path to self-realization, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (2.40). The mental speculators cannot understand that the two birds ( Śve. Up. ) sitting in one tree are the soul and the Supersoul. The individual soul eats the fruit of the tree, while the other bird does not eat the fruit but only observes the activities of the eating bird. The witness bird helps the bird which eats the fruit to perform fruitful activities without attachment. One who cannot understand this difference between the soul and the Supersoul, or God and the living entities, is certainly still in the entanglement of the cosmic machinery and thus must still await the time when he will be free from bondage.
TEXT 10
स्मरन् विश्वमृजामीशो विज्ञापितमधोश्चजः । विराजमतपत्स्वेन तेजसेषां विवृत्तये ॥१०॥
smaran viśva-sṛjām īśo vijñāpitam adhokṣajaḥ virājam atapat svena tejasaiṣām vivṛttaye
smaran —remembering;  viśva-sṛjām —of the demigods entrusted with the task of cosmic construction;  īśaḥ —the Supreme Lord;  vijñāpitam —as He was prayed for;  adhokṣajaḥ —the Transcendence;  virājam —the gigantic universal form;  atapat —considered thus;  svena —by His own;  tejasā —energy;  eṣām —for them;  vivṛttaye —understanding.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord is the Supersoul of all the demigods who are entrusted with the task of constructing the cosmic manifestation. Being