144 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, You are the creator, maintainer and annihilator of
this cosmic manifestation, but persons who are too materialistic
and who always see separateness do not have eyes with which to see
You. They cannot understand Your real position, and therefore
they conclude that the cosmic manifestation is independent of
Your opulence. My Lord, You are the supreme pure, and You
are full in all six opulences. Therefore I offer my respectful
obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

Atheistic men think that the cosmic manifestation has come about by
chance, by a combination of matter, without reference to God. Ma-
terialistic so-called chemists and atheistic philosophers always try to
avoid even the name of God in relation to the cosmic manifestation. For
them God’s creation is impossible to understand because they are too ma-
terialistic. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is paramahamsa, or the
supreme pure, whereas those who are sinful, being very much attached
to material sense enjoyment and therefore engaging in material activities
like asses, are the lowest of men. All their so-called scientific knowledge
is null and void because of their atheistic temperament. Thus they cannot
understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXT 48
42 aqeang fieaaa: aafta

a Aeaaag — |
ares aa we

reat ewacroris geil

yam vai Svasantam anu visva-srjah svasanti
yam cekitanam anu cittaya uccakanti

bhii-mandalam sarsapdayati yasya mirdhni
tasmai namo bhagavate ’stu sahasra-mirdhne
