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total material energy. Therefore the background of all natural occur-
rences is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita (mayédhyaksena prakrtih sityate sa-cardcaram). This is
also further explained in Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 5.59-61):

Jagat-karana nahe prakrti jada-riipa
Sakti saricariya tare krsna kare krpa

krsna-saktye prakrti haya gauna karana
agni-saktye lauha yaiche karaye jarana

ataeva krsna miila-jagat-karana
prakrti—karana yaiche ajd-gala-stana

“Because prakrti [material nature] is dull and inert, it cannot actually be
the cause of the material world. Lord Krsna shows His mercy by infusing
His energy into the dull, inert material nature. Thus prakrti, by the
energy of Lord Krsna, becomes the secondary cause, just as iron becomes
red-hot by the energy of fire. Therefore Lord Krsna is the original cause
of the cosmic manifestation. Prakrti is like the nipples on the neck of a
goat, for they cannot give any milk.”’ Thus it is a great mistake on the
part of the material scientists and philosophers to think that matter
moves independently.

TEXT 39
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a at warn amafmaar: |
atefaaa: sai & fra fafa 33

pramathya daityam prativaranam mrdhe

yo mam rasaya jagad-ddi-stikarah
krtvagra-damstre niragad udanvatah

kridann ivebhah pranatadsmi tam vibhum iti
