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ments, however, do not support the atheistic Kapila because the Kapila mentioned
in the Vedas is a different Kapila, the son of Kardama and Devahiti. The atheist
Kapila is a descendant of the dynasty of Agni and is one of the conditioned souls.
But the Kapila who is the son of Kardama Muni is accepted as an incarnation of
Vasudeva. The Padma Purana gives evidence that the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Vasudeva takes birth in the incarnation of Kapila and, by His expansion of
theistic Sankhya philosophy, teaches all the demigods and a brahmana of the name
Asuri. In the doctrine of the atheist Kapila there are many statements directly against
the Vedic principles. The atheist Kapila does not accept the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. He says that the living entity is himself the Supreme Lord and that no one
is greater than him. His conceptions of so-called conditional and liberated life are
materialistic, and he refuses to accept the importance of immortal time. All such
statements are against the principles of the Veddnta-sitras.”’

TEXT 16

wairica Awa—facaa ‘fafie-stae |
TOTS “Botta ta’ Sa AAA | Sw tl

dpane purusa——visvera ‘nimitta’-karana
advaita-riipe ‘upadana’ hana naérdyana
SYNONYMS
dpane—personally; purusa—Lord Visnu; visvera—of the entire material world;
nimitta kdrana—the original cause; advaita-ripe—in the form of Advaita; upadddna—
the material cause; hana—becomes; nardyana—Lord Narayana.
TRANSLATION
Lord Visnu Himself is the efficient [nimitta] cause of the material world, and
Narayana in the form of Sri Advaita is the material cause [upadana] .

TEXT 17

fafaaiece? Ber CScEl ARTS Heel |
Bnei GUTS SCAT SH-PEHA 1 949
‘nimittamse’ kare tenho mayate Tksana
‘upadana’ advaita karena brahmanda-srjana
SYNONYMS

nimitta-am$e—in the portion as the original cause; Rare—does; tehho—He; mayate
—in the external energy; 7ksana—glancing; upadadna—the material cause; advaita—
Advaita Acarya; karena—does; brahmanda-srjana—creation of the material world.
