Text 10] Rahūgaṇa Converses with Jaḍa Bharata
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The ultimate cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and only those in ignorance try to find out other causes by posing different theories.
TEXT 10
एवं कृशं स्थूलमण्बर्हद् अश्च सजीवमजीवमन्यत् । द्रव्यस्वभावाशयकालकर्म- नाम्नाजयावेहि कृतं द्वितीयम् ॥१०॥
evam kṛśam sthūlam aṇur bṛhad yad asac ca saj jīvam ajīvam anyat dravya-svabhāvāśaya-kāla-karma- nāmnājayāvehi kṛtam dvitīyam
evam—thus; kṛśam—skinny or short; sthūlam—fat; aṇuḥ—tiny; bṛhat—big; yat—which; asat—impermanent; ca—and; sat—existing; jīvam—the living entities; ajīvam—inanimate, lifeless matter; anyat—other causes; dravya—phenomena; sva-bhāva—nature; āśaya—disposition; kāla—time; karma—activities; nāmnā—only by such names; ajayā—by material nature; avehi—you should understand; kṛtam—done; dvitīyam—duality.
TRANSLATION
Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things within it—shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, smallness, bigness, result, cause, living symptoms, and materials—are all imagined. They are all pots made of the same substance, earth, but they are named differently. The differences are characterized by the substance, nature, predisposition, time and activity. You should know that all these are simply mechanical manifestations created by material nature.
PURPORT
The temporary manifestations and varieties within this material world are simply creations of material nature under various circumstances: