1276 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 29
TRANSLATION
Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the trees, creepers,
herbs and seasonal plants and flowers blossom and fructify, each in its
own season.
PURPORT
As the sun rises and sets and the seasonal changes ensue at their
appointed times by the superintendence of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, so the seasonal plants, flowers, herbs and trees all grow
under the direction of the Supreme Lord. It is not that plants grow
automatically, without any cause, as the atheistic philosophers say.
Rather, they grow in pursuance of the supreme order of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. It is confirmed in the Vedic literature that the
Lord’s diverse energies are working so nicely that it appears that every-
thing is being done automatically.
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wats afta dita arerraghria: |
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afahiey afihfngd waft aqarg eR
sravanti sarito bhita
notsarpaty udadhir yatah
agnir indhe sagiribhir
bhir na majjati yad-bhayat
sravanti—flow; saritah—rivers; bhitah—fearful; na—not; utsarpati—over-
flows; uda-dhih—the ocean; yatah—because of whom; agnih—fire; indhe—
burns; sa-giribhih—with its mountains; bhih—the earth; na—not; majjati—
sinks; yat—of whom; bhayat—out of fear.
TRANSLATION
Out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead the rivers flow,
and the ocean never overflows. Out of fear of Him only does fire burn
and does the earth, with its mountains, not sink in the water of the
universe.
PURPORT
We can understand from the Vedic literature that this universe is half
filled with water, on which Garbhodakagayi Visnu is lying. From His
