Text 38] The Residents of Jambiadvipa Offer Prayers 217

material eyes is some cause, and one who can see the original cause of all
causes, Lord Krsna, can actually see. Krsna, the sac-cid-Gnanda-vigraha,
is the background of everything, as He Himself confirms in Bhagavad-
gita (9.10):

mayddhyaksena prakrtih
sityate sa-caradcaram

hetundnena kaunteya
Jagad viparivartate

“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti,
and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this
manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.”

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TEM ARTA YUSHATAT 11311

karoti visva-sthiti-saryamodayam
yasyepsitam nepsitam iksitur gunaih

maya yathayo bhramate tad-dsrayam
gravno namas te guna-karma-saksine

karoti—performing; visva—of the universe; sthiti—the maintenance:
samyama—winding up; udayam—creation; yasya—of whom:
ipsitam—desired; na—not; ipsitam—desired: iksituh—of the one
glancing over; gunaih—with the modes of material nature: mayaé—the
material energy; yatha—as much as; ayah—iron; bhramate—moves:
tat-dsrayam—placed near that: grdvnah—a magnetic stone: namah—
my respectful obeisances; te—unto You: guna-karma-sdksine—the wit-
ness of the actions and reactions of material nature.
