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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 4]
because of the presence of the Supreme Lord. As the Lord says 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 Kuntī, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” If one is unable to see the Supreme Lord although He is present as Kṛṣṇa in His various incarnations, one may see the Supreme Lord’s impersonal feature, according to the direction of the  Vedas , by seeing the activities of material nature.
Anything done under the direction of the Vedic injunctions is called  dharma , as described by the order carriers of Yamarāja ( Bhāg.  6.1.40):
veda-praṇihito dharmo hy adharmas tad-viparyayaḥ vedo nārāyaṇaḥ sākṣāt svayambhūr iti śuśruma
“That which is prescribed in the  Vedas  constitutes  dharma , the religious principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The  Vedas  are directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, and are self-born. This we have heard from Yamarāja.”
In this connection, Śrīla Madhvācārya comments:
tapo 'bhimānī rudras tu viṣṇor hṛdayām āśritaḥ vidyā rūpā tathaivomā viṣṇos tanum upāśritā
śrīgārādy-ākṛti-gataḥ kriyātmā pāka-śāsanaḥ