Text 261] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 143

mayda-dvare srje tenho brahmandera gana
jada-rapa prakrti nahe brahmanda-karana

SYNONYMS

mayda-dvare —by the agency of the external energy; srje—creates; tenho—Lord
Sankarsana; brahmandera gana—all the groups of universes; jada-rijpa—ap-
pearing dull; prakrti—the material energy; nahe—is not; brahmanda-karana—the
cause of the cosmic manifestation.

TRANSLATION

“By the agency of the material energy, this same Lord Sankarsana creates all
the universes. The dull material energy—known in modern language as
nature—is not the cause of the material universe.

TEXT 260
OS CCS fe ace Satie face |
GALS Hehe] SA Sq tate | Wwe |

jada haite srsti nahe isvara-sakti vine
tahatei sankarsana kare saktira adhane

SYNONYMS

jada haite—from the dull material energy; srsti nahe —the cosmic manifestation
is not possible; isvara-sakti vine —without the help of the energy of the Supreme
Lord, the Personality of Godhead; tahatei—in the material energy; sarikarsana—
Lord Sankarsana; kare—does; saktira—of the spiritual energy; adhane—
empowering.

TRANSLATION

“Without the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s energy, dull matter cannot
create the cosmic manifestation. Its power does not arise from the material
energy itself but is endowed by Sankarsana.

TEXT 261

Bicaza ACSs VB sacy eisis |
CANE CIA CAAA TSHs MT SATS’ Avs

isvarera saktye srsti karaye prakrti
lauha yena agni-saktye paya daha-sakti
