Text 33] Purusa-sikta Confirmed 311

iti—thus; te—unto you; abhihitam—explained; tata—my dear son; yatha—
as; idam—all these; anuprechasi—as you have inquired; na—never; anyat—
anything else; bhagavatah—beyond the Personality of Godhead; kifcit—
nothing; bhavyam—to be thought ever; sat—cause; asat—effect ; atmakam—
in the matter of.

TRANSLATION

My dear son, whatever you inquired from me, I have thus explained
unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as
cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent
on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

The complete cosmic situation, both in the material and in the spiritual
manifestations of the energies of the Lord, is working and moving first as
the cause and then as the effect. But the original cause is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Effects of the original cause become the cause of
other effects, and thus everything, either permanent or temporary, is
working as cause and effect. And because the Lord is the primeval cause of
all persons and all energies, He is called the cause of all causes, as it is
confirmed in the Brahma-samhita as well as in the Bhagavad-gita. The
Brahma-samhita affirms:

isvarah paramah krsnah sac-cid-dnanda-vigrahah
anadir adir govindah sarva-karana-karanam.
(Bs. 5.1)
And in the Bhagavad-gita it is said:

aham sarvasya prabhavo mattah sarvam pravartate
itt matva bhajante mam budha bhava samanvitah.

(Bg. 10.8)
So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal

spiritual effulgence, brahmajy oti, is also the effect of the Supreme Brahman
(brahmano hi pratisthaham), Lord Krsna.
