Text 52] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1115
received within matter, and the combination of matter gradually develops
into a complete body. The same principle exists in the universal creation:
the ingredients were present, but only when the Lord entered into the
material elements was matter actually agitated. That is the cause of
creation. We can see this in our ordinary experience. Although we may
have clay, water and fire, the elements take the shape of a brick only
when we labor to combine them. Without the living energy, there is no
possibility that matter can take shape. Similarly, this material world does
not develop unless agitated by the Supreme Lord as the virdta-purusa.
Yasmad udatisthad asau virat: by His agitation, space was created, and the
universal form of the Lord also manifested therein.
TEXT 52
aca ad
aaane feted aeERc eT: |
ainfett: oftad saraaTaaae: |
ar wahraaisd St aaa et UMA
etad andam visesakhyam
krama-vrddhair dasottaraih
toyadibhih parivrtam
pradhanendaovrtair bahih
yatra loka-vitano ’yam
rapam bhagavato hareh
etat—this; andam—egg; visesa-akhyam—called visesa; krama—one after
another; urddhaih—increased; daga—ten times; uttaraih—greater; toya-
adibhih—by water and so on; parivrtam—enveloped; pradhanena—by
pradhana; avrtaih—covered; bahih—on the outside; yatra—where; loka-
vitanah—the extension of the planetary systems; ayam—this; ripam—form;
bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hareh—of Lord Hari.
TRANSLATION
This universal egg, or the universe in the shape of an egg, is called the
manifestation of material energy. Its layers of water, air, fire, sky, ego and
mahat-tattva increase in thickness one after another. Each layer is ten times
bigger than the previous one, and the final outside layer is covered by
pradhana. Within this egg is the universal form of Lord Hari, of whose body
the fourteen planetary systems are parts.
