Text 38] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 133
not see contradictions in Him, but nondevotees regard Him as the
snakelike source of all fear. For example, when Nrsirnhadeva appeared.
Prahlada Maharaja saw the Lord as the supreme solace, whereas his
father, a demon, saw Him as the ultimate death. As stated in Srimad-
Bhégavatam (11.2.37), bhayam dvitiydbhinivesatah syat: fear results
from being absorbed in duality. When one is in knowledge of duality,
one knows both fear and bliss. The same Supreme Lord is a source of
bliss to devotees and fear to nondevotees who have a poor fund of knowl-
edge. God is one, but people understand the Absolute Truth from dif-
ferent angles of vision. The unintelligent see contradictions in Him, but
sober devotees find no contradictions.
TEXT 38
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TTT fe Gas TATA lel TETAS TAT: ASAT:
TAMA TATA TT UH OT THA: 11 Rc II
sa eva hi punah sarva-vastuni vastu-svariipah sarvesvarah sakala-jagat-
karana-karana-bhiitah sarva-pratyag-dtmatvat sarva-
gundbhasopalaksita eka eva paryavasesitah.

sah—He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); eva—indeed; hi—
certainly; punah—again; sarva-vastuni—in everything, material and
spiritual; vastu-svariipah—the substance; sarva-isvarah—the controller
of everything; sakala-jagat—of the whole universe; kadrana—of the
causes; kdrana-bhitah—existing as the cause; sarva-pratyak-dtmat-
vat —because of being the Supersoul of every living being, or being pres-
ent in everything, even the atom; sarva-guna—of all the effects of the
material modes of nature (such as intelligence and the senses); dbhdsa —
by the manifestations; upalaksitah—perceived; ekah—alone; eva—in-
deed; paryavasesitah—left remaining.

TRANSLATION

With deliberation, one will see that the Supreme Soul, although
manifested in different ways, is actually the basic principle of
everything. The total material energy is the cause of the material
manifestation, but the material energy is caused by Him.
