Text 47] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1111

manifested by presentation of a statue made of earth, it is not imaginary.
The earth gives shape to the Lord’s forms as described in the scriptures.

In the Brahma-samhitaé there is description of Lord Krsna’s lands, the
variegatedness of the spiritual abode and the forms of the Lord playing a
flute with His spiritual body. All these forms are described in the scrip-
tures, and when they are thus presented they become worshipable. They
are not imaginary as the Mayavada philosophy says. Sometimes the word
bhavana is misinterpreted as “imagination.” But bhavana does not mean
imagination; it means to give actual shape to the description of Vedic
literature. Earth is the ultimate transformation of all living entities and
their respective modes of material nature.

TEXT 47

varasat TA FPA |
TAMAS TA aT fs loll

nabho-guna-viseso ’rtho
yasya tac chrotram ucyate

vayor guna-viseso ‘rtho
yasya tat sparsanam viduh

nabhah-guna-vigesah—the distinctive characteristic of sky (sound);
arthah—object of perception; yasya—whose; tat—that; srotram—the audi-
tory sense; ucyate—is called; vayoh guna-vigesah—the distinctive character-
istic of air (touch); arthah—object of perception; yasya—whose; tat—that;
sparsanam—the tactile sense; viduh—they know.

TRANSLATION

The sense whose object of perception is sound is called the auditory
sense, and that whose object of perception is touch is called the tactile
sense.

PURPORT

Sound is one of the qualifications of the sky and is the subject matter
for hearing. Similarly, touch is the qualification of the air andis the subject
of the touch sensation.
