Text 17] The Birth of Lord Krsna 219
sannipatya samutpddya ‘
drsyante ’nugata iva
prag eva vidyamanatvan
na tesim iha sambhavah
evar bhavan buddhy-anumeya-laksanair
grahyair gunaih sann api tad-gundgrahah
anavrtatvadd bahir antaram na te
sarvasya sarvdtmana dtma-vastunah

yathé—as; ime—these material creations, made of material energy;
avikrtah—actually not disintegrated; bhavah—with such a conception;
tatha—similarly; te—they; vikrtaih saha—association with these dif-
ferent elements coming from the total material energy; ndnd-viryah—
every element is full of different energies; prthak—separated; bhitah—
becoming; virdjam—the whole cosmic manifestation; janayanti—cre-
ate; hi—indeed; sannipatya—because of association with the spiritual
energy; samutpddya—after being created; drsyante—they appear;
anugatah—entered within it; iva—as if; prdk—from the very begin-
ning, before the creation of this cosmic manifestation; eva—indeed;
vidyamdnatvét—due to the existence of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; na—not; tesam—of these material elements; iha—in this
matter of creation; sambhavah—entering would have been possible;
evam—in this way; bhavan—O my Lord; buddhi-anumeya-laksa-
naih—by real intelligence and by such symptoms; grahyaih—with the
objects of the senses; gunaih—with the modes of material nature; san
api—although in touch; tat-guna-agrahah—are not touched by the ma-
terial qualities; andvrtatvat—because of being situated everywhere;
bahih antaram—within the external and internal; na te—there is no
such thing for You; sarvasya—of everything; sarva-dtmanah— You are
the root of everything; dtma-vastunah—everything belongs to You, but
You are outside and inside of everything.

TRANSLATION

The mahat-tattva, the total material energy, is undivided, but
because of the material modes of nature, it appears to separate into
earth, water, fire, air and ether. Because of the living energy
