Text 14] Divisions of the Creation 395
is now separated from the voice. As the tape recording is situated on the
tape, so the whole cosmic manifestation is situated on the material energy
and appears separate by means of kala. The material manifestation is
therefore the objective manifestation of the Supreme Lord and exhibits
His impersonal feature so much adored by impersonalist philosophers.
TEXT 13
TATA TMA A VaTeAATEAT 112.311
yathedanim tathagre ca
pascad apy etad tdrsam
yatha—as it is; idanim—at present; tatha—so it was; agre—in the begin-
ning; ca—and; pascat—at the end; api—also; etat tdrsam—it continues to be
the same.
TRANSLATION
This cosmic manifestation is as it is now, it was the same in the past, and
it will continue in the same way in the future.
PURPORT
There is a systematic schedule for the perpetual manifestation, mainte-
nance and annihilation of the material world, as stated in Bhagavad-gita
(Bg. 9.8): bhuta-gramam imam krtsnam avasam prakrter vasat. As it is
created now and as it will be destroyed later on, so also it existed in the
past and again will be created, maintained and destroyed in due course of
time. Therefore, the systematic activities of the time factor are perpetual
and eternal and cannot be stated to be false. The manifestation is
temporary and occasional, but it is not false as claimed by the Mayavadi
philosophers.
TEXT 14
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a aa MHA AHAT a: |
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Remar ra: sfadaa: eel
sargo navavidhas tasya
prakrto vatkrtas tu yah
