Text 64]
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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existing, there is no question of creation. In the  catuḥślokī  of Śrīmad- Bhāgavatam , the Lord says:  aham evāsam evāgre  ( Bhāg.  2.9.33). “I was existing in the beginning before the creation.” In the  Vedas  it is also said,  eko nārāyaṇa āsīt : “Before the creation there was only Nārāyaṇa.” This is also confirmed by Śaṅkarācārya:  nārāyaṇaḥ paro'vyaktāt  ( Gītā-bhāṣya ). “Nārāyaṇa is transcendental to the creation.” Since all the activities of Nārāyaṇa are spiritual, when Nārāyaṇa said, “Let there be creation,” that creation was all-spiritual. The “material” only exists for those who have forgotten that Nārāyaṇa is the original cause.
TEXT 64
सृष्टं स्वशक्त्येदमनुप्रविष्ट- अतुर्विधं पुरमात्मांशकेन । अथो विदुस्तं पुरुषं सन्तमन्त- मुङ्के हृषीकेमधु सारधं यः ॥६४॥
sṛṣṭam sva-śaktyedam anupraviṣṭaś catur-vidham puram ātmāmśakena atho vidus tam puruṣam santam antar bhuṅkte hṛṣīkair madhu sāra-gham yaḥ
sṛṣṭam —in the creation;  sva-śaktyā —by Your own potency;  idam —this cosmic manifestation;  anupraviṣṭaḥ —entering afterwards;  catuḥ-vidham —four kinds of;  puram —bodies;  ātma-amśakena —by Your own part and parcel;  atho —therefore;  viduḥ —know;  tam —him;  puruṣam —the enjoyer;  santam —existing;  antaḥ —within;  bhuṅkte —enjoys;  hṛṣīkaiḥ —by the senses;  madhu —sweetness;  sāra-gham —honey;  yaḥ —one who.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, after creating by Your own potencies, You enter within the creation in four kinds of forms. Being within the hearts of the living entities, You know them and know how they are enjoying their senses. The so-called happiness of this material creation is exactly like the bees’ enjoyment of honey after it has been collected in the honeycomb.
PURPORT
The material cosmic manifestation is an exhibition of the external energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because dull matter cannot work independently, the Lord Himself enters within this material