478 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 11

TEXT 26

Oy Aa AAA YAM PTT: |
VIF AAT Teh! FHA F Ts AVI

esa bhiitani bhitatma
bhiiteso bhiita-bhavanah

sva-Saktyad mdyayd yuktah
spjaty atti ca pati ca

esah—this; bhiitani—all created beings; bhuta-atma— the Supersoul of all
living entities; bhitta-igah—the controller of everyone; bhita-bhdvanah—the
maintainer of everyone; sva-Saktya—through His energy; mayayd—the
external energy; yuktah—through such agency; syjati—creates; atti—annihi-
lates; ca—and; pati—maintains; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the Supersoul of all living
entities. He is the controller and maintainer of everyone; through the
agency of His external energy, He creates, maintains and annihilates every-
one.

PURPORT

There are two kinds of energies in the matter of creation. The Lord
creates this material world through His external, material energy, whereas
the spiritual world is a manifestation of His internal energy. He is always
associated with the internal energy, but He is always aloof from the mate-
rial energy. Therefore in Bhagavad-gita the Lord says, mat-sthani sarva-
bhiitdni na caham tesv avasthitah: ‘‘All living entities are living on Me or
on My energy, but I am not everywhere.” (Bg. 9.4) He is personally always
situated in the spiritual world. In the material world also, wherever the
Supreme Lord is personally present is to be understood as the spiritual
world. For example, the Lord is worshiped in the temple by pure devotees.
The temple is therefore to be understood as the spiritual world.

TEXT 27

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qa wad aa a
AAA «—- TATA |
