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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 12]
अज्ञानतस्त्रयि जनैर्विहितो विकल्पो यस्माद् गुणव्यतिकरो निरुपाधिकस्य ॥ ८ ॥
ekas tvam eva sad asad dvayam advayam ca svarṇam kṛtākṛtam iveha na vastu-bhedaḥ ajñānatas tvayi janair vihito vikalpo yasmād guṇa-vyatikaro nirupādhikasya
ekaḥ —the only one;  tvam —Your Lordship;  eva —indeed;  sat —which is existing, as the effect;  asat —which is nonexistent, as the cause;  dvayam —both of them;  advayam —without duality;  ca —and;  svarṇam —gold;  kṛta —manufactured into different forms;  ākṛtam —the original source of gold (the gold mine);  iva —like;  iha —in this world;  na —not;  vastu-bhedaḥ —difference in the substance;  ajñānataḥ —only because of ignorance;  tvayi —unto You;  janaiḥ —by the general mass of people;  vihitaḥ —it should be done;  vikalpaḥ —differentiation;  yasmāt —because of;  guṇa-vyatikaraḥ —free from the differences created by the material modes of nature;  nirupādhikasya —without any material designation.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, Your Lordship alone is the cause and the effect. Therefore, although You appear to be two, You are the absolute one. As there is no difference between the gold of a golden ornament and the gold in a mine, there is no difference between cause and effect; both of them are the same. Only because of ignorance do people concoct differences and dualities. You are free from material contamination, and since the entire cosmos is caused by You and cannot exist without You, it is an effect of Your transcendental qualities. Thus the conception that Brahman is true and the world false cannot be maintained.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says that the living entities are representations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's marginal potency whereas the various bodies accepted by the living entities are products of the material energy. Thus the body is considered material,