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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 13]
Personality of Godhead. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam teaches us to offer obeisances unto the mother along with the Father, the Supreme Lord, because it is the Father only who impregnates the mother with all energies for the sustenance and maintenance of all living beings, both moving and nonmoving.
TEXT 43
कः श्रद्धीतान्यतमस्तव प्रभो रसां गताया भुव उद्विबर्हणम् । न विस्मयोऽसौ त्वयि विश्वविस्मये यो माययेदं समृजेऽतिविस्मयम् ॥४३॥
kaḥ śraddadhītānyatamas tava prabho rasām gatāyā bhuva udvibarhaṇam na vismayo 'sau tvayi viśva-vismaye yo māyayedam sasṛje 'tivismayam
kaḥ —who else;  śraddadhīta —can endeavor;  anyatamaḥ —anyone besides Yourself;  tava —Your;  prabho —O Lord;  rasām —in the water;  gatāyāḥ —while lying in;  bhuvaḥ —of the earth;  udvibarhaṇam —deliverance;  na —never;  vismayaḥ —wonderful;  asau —such an act;  tvayi —unto You;  viśva —universal;  vismaye —full of wonders;  yaḥ —one who;  māyayā —by potencies;  idam —this;  sasṛje —created;  ativismayam —surpassing all wonders.
TRANSLATION
Who else but Yourself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, could deliver the earth from within the water? It is not very wonderful for You, however, because You acted most wonderfully in the creation of the universe. By Your energy You have created this wonderful cosmic manifestation.
PURPORT
When a scientist discovers something impressive to the ignorant mass of people, the common man, without inquiry, accepts such a discovery as wonderful. But the intelligent man is not struck with wonder by such discoveries. He gives all credit to the person who created the wonderful brain of the scientist. A common man is also struck with wonder by the wonderful action of material nature, and he gives all credit to the cosmic manifestation. The learned Kṛṣṇa conscious person, however, knows well that behind the cosmic manifestation there is the brain of Kṛṣṇa, as