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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 18]
under different circumstances according to his past activities ( karma ). Although the body of the living entity is material, it is never false. No one will accept the argument that since a person's material body is false, murder has no repercussions. Our temporary bodies are given to us according to our  karma , and we must remain in our given bodies to enjoy the pains and pleasures of life. Our bodies cannot be called false; they are only temporary. In other words, the energy of the Supreme Lord is as permanent as the Lord Himself, although His energy is sometimes manifest and sometimes not. As summarized in the  Vedas ,  sarvaṁ khalvidaṁ brahma : "Everything is Brahman."
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यस्मिन्नसंख्येयविशेषनाम-
रूपाकृतौ कविभिः कल्पितेयम् ।
संख्या यथा तत्त्वदृशापनीयते
तस्मै नमः सांख्यनिदर्शनाय ते इति ॥३३॥
yasminn asaṅkhyeya-viśeṣa-nāma- rūpākṛtau kavibhiḥ kalpiteyam saṅkhyā yayā tattva-dṛśāpanīyate tasmai namaḥ sāṅkhya-nidarśanāya te iti
yasmin —in You (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  asaṅkhyeya —innumerable;  viśeṣa —particular;  nāma —names;  rūpa —forms;  ākṛtau —possessing bodily features;  kavibhiḥ —by great learned persons;  kalpitā —imagined;  iyam —this;  saṅkhyā —number;  yayā —by whom;  tattva —of the truth;  dṛśā —by knowledge;  apanīyate —is extracted;  tasmai —unto Him;  namaḥ —respectful obeisances;  sāṅkhya-nidarśanāya —who is the revealer of this numerical knowledge;  te —unto You;  iti —thus.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, Your name, form and bodily features are expanded in countless forms. No one can determine exactly how many forms exist, yet You Yourself, in Your incarnation as the learned scholar Kapiladeva, have analyzed the cosmic manifestation as containing