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everything.”  Mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate : “Whatever exists in the creation emanates from Me.”  Iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ : “When one fully understands that I create everything by My omnipotence, one becomes firmly situated in devotional service and fully surrenders at My lotus feet.” Unfortunately, the unintelligent cannot immediately understand Kṛṣṇa’s supremacy. Nonetheless, if they associate with devotees and read authorized books, they may gradually come to the proper understanding, although this may take many, many births. As Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.19):
bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ
“After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.” Vāsudeva, Kṛṣṇa, is the creator of everything, and His energy is displayed in various ways. As explained in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.4-5), a combination of the material energy ( bhūmir āpo ’nalo vāyuḥ ) and the spiritual energy, the living entity, exists in every creation. Therefore the same principle, the combination of the supreme spirit and the material elements, is the cause of the cosmic manifestation.
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अधुनेह महाभाग यथैव नरकान्नरः । नानोग्रयातनान्नेयात्तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥ ६ ॥
adhuneha mahā-bhāga yathaiva narakān naraḥ nānogra-yātanān neyāt tan me vyākhyātum arhasi
adhunā —right now;  iha —in this material world;  mahā-bhāga —O greatly opulent and fortunate Śukadeva Gosvāmī;  yathā —so that;  eva —