Text 10] Rahigana Converses with Jada Bharata 413
The ultimate cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and only
those in ignorance try to find out other causes by posing different
theories.
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aramate sd fRatay eel
evam krsam sthilam anur brhad yad
asac ca saj jivam ajivam anyat
dravya-svabhavasaya-kdla-karma-
namnajayavehi krtarn dvitiyam
evam—thus; krsam—skinny or short; sthilam—fat; anuh—tiny;
brhat—big; yat—which; asat—impermanent; ca—and; sat—existing;
Jivam—the living entities; ajivam—inanimate, lifeless matter; anyat—
other causes; dravya—phenomena; sva-bhadva—nature: dsaya—dis-
position; kdla—time; karma —activities; némnd—only by such names:
ajaya—by material nature; avehi—you should understand; krtam—
done; dvitiyam—duality.
TRANSLATION
Since this universe has no real ultimate existence, the things
within it—shortness, differences, grossness, skinniness, small-
ness, bigness, result, cause, living symptoms, and materials —are
all imagined. They are all pots made of the same substance, earth,
but they are named differently. The differences are characterized
by the substance, nature, predisposition, time and activity. You
should know that all these are simply mechanical manifestations
created by material nature.
PURPORT
The temporary manifestations and varieties within this material world
are simply creations of material nature under various circumstances:
