Text 6] The Process of Creation 177

When a hungry man is given food to eat, he feels satiation of hunger and
the pleasure of dining simultaneously. Thus he does not have to ask
whether he has actually been fed or not. The crucial test of hearing Srimad-
Bhagavatam is that one should get positive enlightenment by such an act.

TEXT 6

qa oy fen arararaare |
qa aaa fed afiarerpiae: 11 § 1

bhitya eva vivitsami
bhagavan atma-mayaya

yathedam srjate visvam
durvibhavyam adhisvaraih

bhiiyah—again; eva—also; vivitsami—I wish to learn; bhagavan—the Per-
sonality of Godhead; dtma—personal; mayayd—by the energies; yatha—as;
idam—this phenomenal world; srjate—does create; visvam—universe; durvt-
bhavyam—inconceivable; adhisvaraih—by the great demigods.

TRANSLATION

I beg to know from you how the Personality of Godhead, by His
personal energies, creates these phenomenal universes as they are, which
are inconceivable even by the great demigods.

PURPORT

In every inquisitive mind the important question of the creation of the
phenomenal world arises, and therefore for a personality like Maharaja
Pariksit, who was to know all activities of the Lord from his spiritual
master, such inquiry is not uncommon. For every unknown thing, we have
to learn and inquire from a learned personality. The question of creation
is also one of such inquiries to be made from the right person. The
spiritual master, therefore, must be one who is sarva-jiia, as stated herein-
before in connection with Sukadeva Gosvami. Thus all inquiries on God
which are unknown to the disciple may be made from the qualified
