Text 16] Narada Instructs the Pracetas 1577

This entire material creation comes from the body of the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead and at the time of annihilation again enters into Him.
This process of creation and dissolution is made possible by the breathing
of the Maha-Visnu, who is only a plenary portion of Krsna.

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etat padam taj jagad-atmanah param
sakrd vibhatam savitur yatha prabha
yathdsavo jagrati supta-Saktayo
dravya-kriya-jiidna-bhidd-bhramatyayah

etat—this cosmic manifestation; padam—place of habitation; tat—that;
Jagat-atmanah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param—transcen-
dental; sakrt—sometimes; vibhadtam—manifested; savituh—of the sun; yatha
—as; prabhd—sunshine; yatha—as; asavah—the senses; jagrati— become mani-
fest; supta—inactive; Saktayah—energies; dravya—physical elements; kriya—
activities; jidna—knowledge; bhidd-bhrama—differences from misunder-
standing; atyayah—passing away.

TRANSLATION

Just as the sunshine is nondifferent from the sun, the cosmic manifesta-
tion is also nondifferent from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
Supreme Personality is therefore all-pervasive within this material creation.
When the senses are active, they appear to be part and parcel of the body,
but when the body is asleep, their activities are unmanifest. Similarly, the
whole cosmic creation appears different and yet nondifferent from the
Supreme Person.

PURPORT

This confirms the philosophy of acintya-bhedabheda-tattva (simulta-
neously one and different) propounded by Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is simultaneously different and non-
