Adi-lila, Chapter 5 445

PURPORT

Nothing in existence is possible unless energized by the will of the Lord. The
entire manifested creation is therefore resting on the energy of the Lord, but one
should not therefore presume that the material manifestation is identical with the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. A cloud may rest in the sky, but that does not
mean that the sky and the cloud are one and the same. Similarly, the qualitative
material nature and its products are never identical with the Supreme Lord. The
tendency to lord it over material nature, or mdyd, cannot be a feature of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. When He descends to the material world, He
maintains His transcendental nature, unaffected by the material qualities. In both
the spiritual and material worlds, He is always the controller of all energies. The
uncontaminated spiritual nature always exists within Him. The Lord appears and
disappears in the material world in different features for His pastimes, yet He is the
origin of all cosmic manifestations.

The material manifestation cannot exist separate from the Supreme Lord, yet
Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in spite of His connection with
material nature, cannot be subordinate to nature’s influence. His original form of
eternal bliss and knowledge is never subordinate to the three qualities of material
nature. This is a specific feature of the Supreme Lord’s inconceivable potencies.

TEXT 90

woes 14 ae wifere wate |
G8 & Reta Ud CHM HASTA I d° I

acintya ai§varya ei j@niha Gmara
ei ta’ gitdra artha kaila paracara

SYNONYMS

acintya—inconceivable; aiSvarya—opulence; e/—this; ja@niha—you must know;
amdara—of Me; ei ta’—this; gitdra artha—the meaning of Bhagavad-gitd; kaila paracdra
—Lord Krsna propagated.

TRANSLATION

“O Arjuna, you should know this as My inconceivable opulence.” This is the
meaning propagated by Lord Kysna in Bhagavad-gita.

TEXT 91

CHE S MYawy Aha weet UTA ATT |
COSTHA ACH CH farwsroreaty W dd 0
