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the power of creation. Therefore he asked all the above questions. Dis-
coveries of progressive scientific achievements are therefore not indepen-
dent. The scientist has to attain the knowledge of a thing already existing
by means of the wonderful brain made by someone else. A scientist can
work with the help of such an awarded brain, but it is not possible for the
scientist to create his own or a similar brain. Therefore no one is indepen-
dent in the matter of any creation, nor is such creation automatic.

TEXT 5

TAL ATS Ae A TMT aT |
SATA «| GManfeheaara: tl & A

dtman bhavayase tani
na parabhdvayan svayam
dtma-saktim avastabhya
irnandabhir ivaklamah

dtman (atmani)—by self; bhdvayase—manifest; tani—all those; na—not;
parabhavayan—being defeated; svayam—yourself; dtma-saktim—self-
sufficient power; avastabhya—being employed; arnanabhih—the spider;
iva—like; aklamah—without help.

TRANSLATION

As the spider very easily creates the network of its cobweb and mani-
fests its power of creation without being defeated by others, so also
you yourself, by employment of your self-sufficient energy, create without
any other’s help.

PURPORT

The best example of self-sufficiency is the sun. The sun does not
require to be illuminated by any other body. Rather, it is the sun which
helps all other illuminating agents, for in the presence of the sun no other
illuminating agent becomes prominent. Narada compared the position of
Brahma with the self-sufficiency of the spider, who creates its own field of
activities without any other’s help by employment of its own energetic
creation of saliva.
