Text 6] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 165

PURPORT

Lord Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead from whom the
three creative incarnations, namely the purusa-avataras— Karanarnavasay1
Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu—expand. The
whole material creation is conducted by the three purugas in successive
stages under the external energy of the Lord, and thus material nature is
controlled by Him. Thinking material nature to be independent is like
seeking milk from the nipplelike bags on the neck of a goat. The Lord is
independent and desireless. He does not create the material world for Ilis
own satisfaction as we create our household affairs to fulfill our material
desires. Actually the material world is created for the illusory enjoyment
of the conditioned souls, who have been against the transcendental
service of the Lord since time immemorial. But the material universes are
full in themselves. There is no scarcity for maintenance in the material
world. Because of their poor fund of knowledge, the materialists are
disturbed when there is an apparent increase of population on the earth.
Whenever there is a living being on the earth, however, his subsistence is
immediately arranged by the Lord. The other species of living entities,
who far outnumber human society, are never disturbed for maintenance;
they are never seen dying of starvation. It is only human society that is
disturbed about the food situation and, to cover up the real fact of
administrative mismanagement, takes shelter in the plea that the popula-
tion is excessively increasing. If there is any scarcity in the world, it is the
scarcity of God consciousness, otherwise, by the grace of the Lord, there
is no scarcity of anything.

TEXT 6

TH Ga: < @ at fas
aq qe a faraata: |
WManta Cs a-
cane! aga aurssatg ti & U1

yatha punah sve kha idam nivesya
Sele guhayam sa nivrlla-vrllih

yogesvaradhisvara eka elad
anupravisto bahudha yatha ”'stl
