250 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 4

because of the presence of the Supreme Lord. As the Lord says in

Bhagavad-gita (9.10):

mayddhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram

hetunanena 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.” If one is un-
able to see the Supreme Lord although He is present as Krsna in His
various incarnations, one may see the Supreme Lord’s impersonal
feature, according to the direction of the Vedas, by seeing the activities
of material nature.

Anything done under the direction of the Vedic injunctions is called

dharma, as described by the order carriers of Yamaraja (Bhdg. 6.1.40):

veda-pranihito dharmo
hy adharmas tad-viparyayah
vedo narayanah saksat
svayambhir iti Susruma

“That which is prescribed in the Vedas constitutes dharma, the religious
principles, and the opposite of that is irreligion. The Vedas are directly
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, and are self-born. This
we have heard from Yamaraja.”

In this connection, Srila Madhvacarya comments:

tapo *bhimani rudras tu
visnor hrdaydm asritah

vidya riipaé tathaivoma
visnos tanum updasrita

Srigarady-akrti-gatah
kriydtmé padka-sdsanah
