216 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3

sa eva svaprakrtyedam
srstudgre tri-gundtmakam

tad anu tvam hy apravistah
pravista iva bhavyase

sah—He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); eva—indeed; sva-
prakrtya—by Your personal energy (mayddhyaksena prakrtih sityate
sa-cardcaram); idam—this material world; srstud—after creating;
agre—in the beginning; tri-guna-dtmakam—made of three modes of
energy (sattva-rajas-tamo-guna); tat anu—thereafter; tvam—Your
Lordship; hi—indeed; apravistah—although You did not enter;
pravistah iva—You appear to have entered; bhdvyase—are so under-
stood.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are the same person who in the beginning created
this material world by His personal external energy. After the cre-
ation of this world of three gunas [sattva, rajas and tamas], You ap-
pear to have entered it, although in fact You have not.

PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (7.4) the Supreme Personality of Godhead clearly

explains:

bhimir apo ’nalo vayuh
kham mano buddhir eva ca
ahankdra itiyarn me
bhinna prakrtir astadha

This material world of three modes of nature—sattva-guna, rajo-guna
and tamo-guna—is a composition of earth, water, fire, air, mind, intelli-
gence and false ego, all of which are energies coming from Krsna, yet
Krsna, being always transcendental, is aloof from this material world.
Those who are not in pure knowledge think that Krsna is a product of
matter and that His body is material like ours (avajananti mam
midhah). In fact, however, Krsna is always aloof from this material
world.
