1576 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 31

TRANSLATION

During the rainy season, water is generated from the sun, and in due
course of time, during the summer season, the very same water is again
absorbed by the sun. Similarly, all living entities, moving and inert, are
generated from the earth, and again, after some time, they all return to the
earth as dust. Similarly, everything emanates from the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, and in due course of time everything enters into Him again.

PURPORT

Because of their poor fund of knowledge, impersonalist philosophers
cannot understand how everything comes out from the Supreme Person
and then merges into Him again. As Brahma-samhita confirms:

yasya prabha prabhavato jagad-anda-koti-
kotisv aSesa-vasudhdadi-vibhiiti-bhinnam

tad brahma niskalam anantam asesa-bhiitarn
govindam ddi-purusarh tam aham bhajami

(Bs. 5.40)

Transcendental rays emanate from the body of Krsna, and within those
rays, which are the Brahman effulgence, everything is existing. This is
confirmed in Bhagavad-gitd. Mat-sthani sarva-bhiitani (Bg. 9.4).

Although Krsna is not personally present everywhere, His energy is
nonetheless the cause of all creation. The entire cosmic manifestation is
nothing but a display of Krsna’s energy. The two examples given in this
verse are very vivid. During the rainy season, the rain, by rejuvenating the
production of vegetables on earth, enables man and animals to obtain
living energy. When there is no rain, food is scarce, and man and animal
simply die. All vegetables, as well as moving living entities, are originally
products of the earth. They come from the earth, and again they merge
into the earth. Similarly, the total material energy is generated from the
body of Krsna, and at such a time the entire cosmic manifestation is
visible. When Krsna winds up His energy, everything vanishes. This is
explained in a different way in Brahma-samhita:

yasyaika-nisvasita-kdlam athdvalambya
jivanti loma-vilaja jagad-anda-nathah

visnur mahan sa tha yasya kald-viseso
govindam ddi-purusam tam ahamh bhajami

(Bs. 5.48)
