534 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10
one’s respective continuous duty. When a man is asleep at night, he forgets
himself, what he is, what his duty is and everything of his waking state.
But as soon as he awakens from slumber, he remembers all that he has to
do and thus engages himself again in his prescribed activities. The living
beings also remain merged in the body of Maha-Visnu during the period of
annihilation, but as soon as there is another creation they arise to take
up their unfinished work. This is also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita
(8.18-20).

The Lord existed before the creative energy was set in action. The Lord
is not a product of the material energy. His body is completely spiritual,
and there is no difference between His body, and Himself. Before creation
the Lord remained in His abode, which is absolute and one.

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be ~ ball os e
a og wat faadtiect
aaa sveft Fepedhy |
TASTE | STATA
“ +,
faa WAHT RR
sa eva bhiiyo nija-virya-coditam
sva-jiva-mayam prakrtim sisrksatim
anama-riipatmani ripa-ndmani
vidhitsamdno’nusasara sastra-krt

sah—He; eva—thus: bhityah—again; nija—own personal; virya—potency;
coditam—performance of; sva—own; jiva—living being; maéyam—external
energy;prakrtim—unto material nature; sisrksatim—while recreating ;anama
—without mundane designation; ripa-dtmani— forms of the soul;riipa-
nadmani—forms and names; vidhitsamanah—desiring to award; anusasara—
entrusted; sastra-krt—the compiler of revealed scripture.

TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead, again desiring to give names and forms
to His parts and parcels, the living entities, placed them under the guidance
of material nature. By His own potency, material nature is empowered to
recreate.
