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.”
TEXT 38
ait = fafatrdaned
weafad Sfaatfrada: |
APT TAT AAA aa
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TOM AAA DETAR 1131!
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.
