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own abode and without endeavor supervise and manipulate the entire cosmic manifestation through the interaction of the three modes of material nature— sattva-guṇa ,  rajo-guṇa  and  tamo-guṇa . These interactions create different forms, bodies, activities and changes, which all occur perfectly. Because the Lord is perfect, everything works as if He were directly supervising and taking part in it. Atheistic men, however, being covered by the three modes of material nature, cannot see Nārāyaṇa to be the supreme cause behind all activities. As Kṛṣṇa says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.13):
tribhir guṇamayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam
“Deluded by the three modes, the whole world does not know Me, who am above the modes and inexhaustible.” Because unintelligent agnostics are  mohita , illusioned by the three modes of material nature, they cannot understand that Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa, is the supreme cause of all activities. As stated in  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.1):
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam
“Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.”
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धर्मोऽग्निः खं मरुद्धेवः सोमः सन्न्याहनी दिशः ।
कं कुः स्वयं धर्म इति ह्येते दैह्यस्य साक्षिणः ॥४२॥
sūryo 'gniḥ khaṁ marud devaḥ somaḥ sandhyāhanī diśaḥ