118 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
TEXT 36
GNSStONFS--LCV IS PAA |
BRT CV ANG SFA Y-TAA Ow |
prakrtaprakrta-scstye yata jiva-rupa
tahara ye atma tumi milla-svariipa
SYNONYMS

prakrta—material; aprakrta—and spiritual; srstve—in the creations; yata—as many
as there are; jiva-rupa—the living beings; tahGra—of them; ye—who; dtma—the Super-
soul; tumi—Y ou; mila-svarupa—ultimate source.

TRANSLATION

“All the living beings within the material and spiritual worlds are ultimately born

of You, for You are the Supersoul of them all.
PURPORT

The cosmic manifestation is generated by the interaction of the three modes of
material nature. The transcendental world has no such material modes, although it
is nevertheless full of spiritual variegatedness. In that spiritual world there are also
innumerable living entities, who are eternally liberated souls engaged in transcen-
dental loving service to Lord Krsna. The conditioned souls who remain within the
material cosmic creation are subjected to the threefold miseries and pangs of
material nature. They exist in different species of life because they are eternally
averse to transcendental loving devotion to the Supreme Lord.

Sankarsana is the original source of all living entities because they are all expan-
sions of His marginal potency. Some of them are conditioned by material nature,
whereas others are under the protection of the spiritual nature. The material nature
is aconditional manifestation of spiritual nature, just as smoke is a conditional stage
of fire. Smoke is dependent on fire, but in a blazing fire there isno place for smoke.
Smoke disturbs, but fire serves. The serving spirit of the residents of the transcen-
dental world is displayed in five varieties of relationships with the Supreme Lord,
who is the central enjoyer. In the material world everyone is a self-centered enjoyer
of mundane happiness and distress. One considers himself the lord of everything and
tries to enjoy the illusory energy, but he is not successful because he is not inde-
pendent; he is but a minute particle of the energy of Lord Sankarsana. All living
beings exist under the control of the Supreme Lord, who is therefore called
Narayana.

TEXT 37
AY Cae ABR FA TSI |
Sea fata gia, gfe ALiete n 09 4
