Text 39] The Residents of Jambūdvīpa Offer Prayers
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total material energy. Therefore the background of all natural occurrences is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sa-carācaram ). This is also further explained in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Ādi 5.59-61 ):
jagat-kāraṇa nahe prakṛti jaḍa-rūpā śakti sañcāriyā tāre kṛṣṇa kare kṛpā
kṛṣṇa-śaktye prakṛti haya gauṇa kāraṇa agni-śaktye lauha yaiche karaye jāraṇa
ataeva kṛṣṇa mūla-jagat-kāraṇa prakṛti—kāraṇa yaiche ajā-gala-stana
“Because  prakṛti  [material nature] is dull and inert, it cannot actually be the cause of the material world. Lord Kṛṣṇa shows His mercy by infusing His energy into the dull, inert material nature. Thus  prakṛti , by the energy of Lord Kṛṣṇa, becomes the secondary cause, just as iron becomes red-hot by the energy of fire. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa is the original cause of the cosmic manifestation.  Prakṛti  is like the nipples on the neck of a goat, for they cannot give any milk.” Thus it is a great mistake on the part of the material scientists and philosophers to think that matter moves independently.
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प्रमथ्य दैत्यं प्रतिवारणं मृधे
यो मां रसाया जगदादिस्वकरः ।
कृत्वा प्रदर्ष्ट्वे निरगादुदन्वतः
क्रीडन्निवेभः प्रणतास्मि तं विभुमिति ॥ २९ ॥
pramathya daityam prativāraṇam mṛdhe
yo mām rasāyā jagad-ādi-sūkaraḥ
kṛtvāgra-damṣṭre niragād udanvataḥ
krīḍann ivebhaḥ praṇatāsmi tam vibhum iti