Text 275] The Lord Instructs Sandatana Gosvami 155

life itself. As explained in the Vedas: nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam (Katha
Upanisad 2.2.13). The Supreme Lord is the original source of life.

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kala-vrttya tu mayayam
gunamayyam adhoksajah

purusenatma-bhatena
viryam ddhatta viryavan

SYNONYMS

kala-vrttya—in due course of time, as the immediate cause of creation; tu—
but; mayayam—within the material nature; guna-mayyam —full of the three ma-
terial modes of nature (sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna); adhoksajah—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is beyond material conceptions;
purusena—by the enjoyer of material nature; atma-bhGtena—who is an expan-
sion of His personal self; viryam—semina; adhatta—placed; viryavan—the omni-
potent.

TRANSLATION

‘In due course of time, the Supreme Personality of Godhead [Maha-Visnu
or Maha-Vaikunthanatha], by the agency of a further expansion of His per-
sonal self, places the seed of the living entities within the womb of material
nature.’

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.5.26). This verse tells how the
living entities come in contact with material nature. Just as a woman cannot beget
children without uniting with a man, material nature cannot beget living entities
without being in union with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is a
history of how the Absolute Lord becomes the father of all living entities. In every
system of religion, it is accepted that God is the supreme father of all living en-
tities. According to Christianity, the supreme father, God, provides the living en-
tities with all of life’s necessities. Therefore they pray, “Give us this day our daily
bread." Any religion that does not accept the Supreme Lord as the absolute father
is called kaitava-dharma, or a cheating religion. Such religious systems are rejected
in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.1.2): dharmah projjhita-kaitavo ‘tra. Only an atheist does
