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world has a beginning. The  Vedānta  says,  janmādy asya yataḥ : everything is born from the Supreme, but the Supreme has no birth. He has all the six opulences in full and beyond comparison, He is the master of material nature, His intelligence is not broken under any circumstances, and He stands aloof, although He is the maintainer of the whole creation. As stated in the  Vedas  ( Kaṭha Up. 2.2.13 ),  nityo nityānām cetanaś cetanānām . The Lord is the supreme maintainer. Living entities are meant to serve Him by offering sacrifices, for He is the rightful enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices. Everyone, therefore, should engage himself in the devotional service of the Lord with his life, his riches, his intelligence and his words. This is the original, constitutional position of the living entities. One should never compare the sleeping of an ordinary living entity with the sleeping of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Causal Ocean. There is no stage at which the living entity can compare to the Supreme Person. The  Māyāvādī  philosophers, being unable to adjust to all this, come to the conclusion of impersonalism or voidism.
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यस्मिन् विरुद्धगतयो अनिशं पतन्ति 
    विद्यादयो विविधशक्तय आनुपूर्ध्यात् । 
    तद्व्रह्म विश्वभवमेकमनन्तमाघ- 
    मानन्दमात्रमविकारमहं प्रपद्ये ॥१६॥
yasmin viruddha-gatayo hy aniśam patanti 
    vidyādayo vividha-śaktaya ānupūrvyāt 
    tad brahma viśva-bhavam ekam anantam ādyam 
    ānanda-mātram avikāram aham prapadye
yasmin—in whom; viruddha-gatayaḥ—of opposite character; hi—certainly; aniśam—always; patanti—are manifest; vidyā-ādayaḥ—knowledge and ignorance, etc.; vividha—various; śaktayaḥ—energies; ānupūrvyāt—continually; tat—that; brahma—Brahman; viśva-bhavam—the cause of material creation; ekam—one; anantam—unlimited; ādyam—original; ānanda-mātram—simply blissful; avikāram—changeless; aham—I; prapadye—offer my obeisances.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, in Your impersonal manifestation of Brahman there are always two opposing elements, knowledge and ignorance. Your multi-