Text 11] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
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paśyanti —they see;  yuktāḥ —persons in touch with You;  manasā —by an elevated mind;  manīṣiṇaḥ —people with advanced consciousness;  guṇa —of material qualities;  vyavāye —in the transformation;  api —although;  aguṇam —still untouched by the material qualities;  vipaścitaḥ —those who are fully aware of the truth of  śāstra .
TRANSLATION
O Supreme, You are independent in Your self and do not take help from others. Through Your own potency, You create this cosmic manifestation and enter into it. Those who are advanced in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness, who are fully in knowledge of the authoritative  śāstra , and who, through the practice of  bhakti -yoga, are cleansed of all material contamination, can see with clear minds that although You exist within the transformations of the material qualities, Your presence is untouched by these qualities.
PURPORT
The Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.10):
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
“This material nature, working under My direction, O son of Kuntī, is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” The material energy creates, maintains and devastates the entire cosmic manifestation because of directions given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who enters this universe as  Garbhodakaśāyī  Viṣṇu but is untouched by the material qualities. In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord refers to  māyā , the external energy, which creates this material world, as  mama māyā , “My energy,” because this energy works under the full control of the Lord. These facts can be realized only by those who are well versed in Vedic knowledge and advanced in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness.