420 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 25

Godhead. The contamination in the heart of a conditioned soul is like a
huge accumulation of garbage created by the three modes of material
nature, especially the modes of rajas (passion) and tamas (ignorance).
This contamination becomes manifest in the form of lusty desires and
greed for material possessions. As confirmed herein, unless one receives
transcendental knowledge in disciplic succession, there is no question of
his becoming purified of this contamination.

TEXT 9
SaaMaeAeTTISA FIT:
TATA: AHLATN AaVATISSAT |
qq | WARSI ACTAAT
MAIR = It AT TH UI

utpatti-sthiti-laya-hetavo ’sya kalpah
sattvadyah prakrti-guna yad-iksayadsan

yad-riipam dhruvam akrtam yad ekam Gtman
nanadhat katham u ha veda tasya vartma

utpatti—of creation; sthiti—maintenance; laya—and dissolution;
hetavah—the original causes; asya—of this material world; kalpah—
capable of acting; sattva-adyah—headed by the sattva-guna; prakrti-
gunah—the modes of material nature; yat—of whom; iksayad—by the
glance; dsan—became; yat-ripam—the form of whom; dhruvam—
unlimited; akrtam—uncreated; yat—who; ekam—one; dtman—in
Himself; nané—variously; adhdt—has manifested; katham—how; u
ha—certainly; veda—can understand; tasya—His; vartma—path.

TRANSLATION
By His glance, the Supreme Personality of Godhead enables the

modes of material nature to act as the causes of universal creation,
maintenance and destruction. The Supreme Soul is unlimited and
beginningless, and although He is one, He has manifested Himself
in many forms. How can human society understand the ways of the
Supreme?
