164 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2
TEXT 28
AH TAT aa: Tale
wa afar «Nae |
aa da aTaeat
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Teated aT a AIT F RCI
tvam eka evasya satah prasiitis
tvam sannidhénam tvam anugrahas ca
tvan-mdyayd samurta-cetasas tuam
pasyanti nana na vipascito ye
tvam—You (O Lord); ekah—being one without a second, You are
everything; eva—indeed; asya satah—of this cosmic manifestation now
visible; prastitih—the original source; tuam—Your Lordship; san-
nidhanam—the conservation of all such energy when everything is an-
nihilated; tuam—Your Lordship; anugrahah ca—and the maintainer;
tvat-madyayd—by Your illusory, external energy; samvurta-cetasah—
those whose intelligence is covered by such illusory energy; tuém—unto
You; pasyanti—observe; nénd—many varieties; na—not; vipascitah—
learned scholars or devotees; ye—who are.
TRANSLATION
The efficient cause of this material world, manifested with its
many varieties as the original tree, is You, O Lord. You are also the
maintainer of this material world, and after annihilation You are
the one in whom everything is conserved. Those who are covered
by Your external energy cannot see You behind this manifestation,
but theirs is not the vision of learned devotees.
PURPORT
Various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahma, Lord Siva and even
Visnu, are supposed to be the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this
material world, but actually they are not. The fact is that everything is
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifested in varieties of energy.
Ekam evddvitiyam brahma. There is no second existence. Those who are
