Text 24] Vidura’s Talks with Maitreya 187
TEXT 24
TW LT Al AVI ATA CTIA ATT, |
Saraftareara
a AM | BATRHAATH NVI
sa va esa lada drasta
napasyad drsyam ekarat
mene ’santam ivalmanam
supta-saktir asupta-drk
sah—the Personality of Godhead; va—either; esah—all these; tada—at
that time; drasta—the seer; na—did not; apasyat—see; drs yam—the cosmic
creation; ekaradt—undisputed proprietor; mene—thought like this; asan-
tam—nonexistent; tva—like that; almanam—plenary manifestations; supla—
unmanifested; saktih—material energy; asupta—manifested; drk—internal
potency.
TRANSLATION
The Lord, the undisputed proprietor of everything, was the only seer.
The cosmic manifestation was not present at that time, and thus He
felt imperfect without His plenary and separated parts and _ parcels.
The material energy was dormant, whereas the internal potency was
manifested.
PURPORT
The Lord is the supreme seer because only by His glance did the
material energy become active for cosmic manifestation. At that time the
seer was there, but the external energy, over which the glance of the Lord
is cast, was not present. He felt somewhat insufficient, like a husband
feeling lonely in the absence of his wife. This is a poetic simile. The Lord
wanted to create the cosmic manifestation to give another chance to the
conditioned souls who were dormant in forgetfulness. The cosmic mani-
festation gives the conditioned souls a chance to go back home, back to
Godhead, and that is its main purpose. The Lord is so kind that in the
absence of such a manifestation He feels something wanting, and thus the
creation takes place. Although the creation of the internal potency was
manifested, the other potency appeared to be sleeping, and the Lord
wanted to awaken her to activity, just as a husband wants to awaken his
wife from the sleeping state for enjoyment. Lt is the compassion of the
Lord for the sleeping energy that He wants to see her awaken for enjoy-
