Text 38] The Residents of Jambūdvipa Offer Prayers
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material eyes is some cause, and one who can see the original cause of all causes, Lord Kṛṣṇa, can actually see. Kṛṣṇa, the  sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha , is the background of everything, as He Himself confirms in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.10):
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”
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करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेप्सितमीक्षितुर्गुणैः । माया यथायो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे ॥३८॥
karoti viśva-sthiti-samyamodayam yasyepsitam nepsitam īkṣitur guṇaiḥ māyā yathāyo bhramate tad-āśrayam grāvṇo namas te guṇa-karma-sākṣiṇe
karoti —performing;  viśva —of the universe;  sthiti —the maintenance;  samyama —winding up;  udayam —creation;  yasya —of whom;  īpsitam —desired;  na —not;  īpsitam —desired;  īkṣituḥ —of the one glancing over;  guṇaiḥ —with the modes of material nature;  māyā —the material energy;  yathā —as much as;  ayaḥ —iron;  bhramate —moves;  tat-āśrayam —placed near that;  grāvṇaḥ —a magnetic stone;  namaḥ —my respectful obeisances;  te —unto You;  guṇa-karma-sākṣiṇe —the witness of the actions and reactions of material nature.