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Divisions of the Creation
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gītā . The energy of the Lord transforms from  mahā-māyā  to  yoga-māyā  and appears to pure devotees in her real feature. The material nature therefore appears to function in three phases: as the creative principle of the material world, as ignorance and as knowledge. As disclosed in the previous verse, in the third creation the power of knowledge is also created. The conditioned souls are not originally fools, but by the influence of the  avidyā  function of material nature they are made fools, and thus they are unable to utilize knowledge in the proper channel.
By the influence of darkness, the conditioned soul forgets his relationship with the Supreme Lord and is overwhelmed by attachment, hatred, pride, ignorance and false identification, the five kinds of illusion that cause material bondage.
TEXT 18
षडिमे प्राकृताः सर्गा वैकृतानपि मे शृणु । रजोभाजो भगवतो लीलेयं हरिमेधसः ॥१८॥
ṣaḍ ime prākṛtāḥ sargā vaikṛtān api me śṛṇu rajobhājo bhagavato līleyaṁ hari-medhasaḥ
ṣaṭ —six;  ime —all these;  prākṛtāḥ —of the material energy;  sargāḥ —creations;  vaikṛtān —secondary creations by Brahmā;  api —also;  me —from me;  śṛṇu —just hear;  rajaḥ-bhājaḥ —of the incarnation of the mode of passion (Brahmā);  bhagavataḥ —of the greatly powerful;  līlā —pastime;  iyam —this;  hari —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  medhasaḥ —of one who has such a brain.
TRANSLATION
All the above are natural creations by the external energy of the Lord. Now hear from me about the creations by Brahmā, who is an incarnation of the mode of passion and who, in the matter of creation, has a brain like the Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 19
सप्तमो मुख्यसर्गस्तु षड्विधस्तस्युषां च यः । ववस्पत्योषधिततत्त्वस्सारा वीरुधो द्रुमाः ॥१९॥