Text 56] Fundamental Principles of Material Nature 1119

and in them the sense of sight. In the wake of this sense came the sun-god,
who presides over it. Next there appeared in Him a pair of ears, and in
them the auditory sense and in its wake the dig-devatas, or the deities who
preside over the directions.

PURPORT

The appearance of different parts of the body of the universal form of
the Lord and the appearance of the presiding deities of those bodily parts
is being described. As in the womb of a mother a child gradually grows
different bodily parts, so in the universal womb the universal form of the
Lord gives rise to the creation of various paraphernalia. The senses appear,
and over each of them there is a presiding deity. It is corroborated by this
statement of Srimad- -Bhagavatam, and also by Brahma-samhita, that the
sun appeared after the appearance of the eyes of the universal form of the
Lord. The sun is dependent on the eyes of the universal form. The
Brahma-samhita also says that the sun is the eye of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, Krsna. Yac-caksur esa savita. Savita means the sun. The sun is
the eye of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Actually, everything is
created by the universal body of the Supreme Godhead. Material nature is
simply the supplier of materials. The creation is actually done by the
Supreme Lord, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gita. Mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram (Bg.9.10): “Under My direction does material nature
create all moving and nonmoving objects in the cosmic creation.”

TEXT 56

fafa funeamasarere: |
Ta MITT fea fafefae Ta? USSU

nirbibheda virajas tvag-
roma-smasrv-ddayas tatah
tata osadhayas casan
signam nirbibhide tatah

nirbibheda—appeared; virajah—of the universal form; tvak—skin; roma—
hair; §masru—beard, mustache; ddayah—and so on; tatah—then; tatah—
thereupon; osadhayah—the herbs and drugs; ca—and; dsan—appeared; sisnam
—genitals; nirbibhide—appeared; tatah—after this.
