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world has a beginning. The Vedanta says, janmady asya yatah: everything
is born from the Supreme, but the Supreme has no birth. He has all the
six opulences in full and beyond comparison, He is the master of material
nature, His intelligence is not broken under any circumstances, and He
stands aloof, although He is the maintainer of the whole creation. As
stated in the Vedas (Katha Up. 2.2.13), nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam.
The Lord is the supreme maintainer. Living entities are meant to serve
Him by offering sacrifices, for He is the rightful enjoyer of the results of
all sacrifices. Everyone, therefore, should engage himself in the devotional
service of the Lord with his life, his riches, his intelligence and his words.
This is the original, constitutional position of the living entities. One
should never compare the sleeping of an ordinary living entity with the
sleeping of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Causal Ocean.
There is no stage at which the living entity can compare to the Supreme
Person. The Mayavadi philosophers, being unable to adjust to all this,
come to the conclusion of impersonalism or voidism.
TEXT 16
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yasmin viruddha-gatayo hy anisam patanti
vidyadayo vividha-saktaya anupurvyat
tad brahma visva-bhavam ekam anantam adyam
ananda-matram avikaram aham prapadye
yasmin—in whom; viruddha-gatayah—of opposite character;hi—certainly;
anisam—always; patanti—are manifest; vidya-ddayah—knowledge and ignor-
ance, etc.; vividha—various; saktayah—energies; dnupurvyat—continually;
tat—that; brahma—Brahman; visva-bhavam—the cause of material creation;
ekam—one; anantam—unlimited ; ddyam—original; dnanda-matram—simply
blissful ; avikdram—changeless; aham—|; prapadye—offer my obeisances.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, in Your impersonal manifestation of Brahman there are
always two opposing elements, knowledge and ignorance. Your multi-
