152 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16

TEXT 52

ale reaaeAr SH SA ATTY |
sad a aa cared ate Sata Ha NYRI

loke vitatam atmanam
lokam catmani santatam

ubhayam ca maya vydaptarm
mayi caivobhayarn krtam

loke—in this material world; vitatam—expanded (in the spirit of ma-
terial enjoyment); atmanam—the living entity; lokam—the material
world; ca—also; dtmani—in the living entity; santatam—spread;
ubhayam—both (the material world of material elements and the living
entity); ca—and; maya—by Me; vyaptam—pervaded; mayi—in Me;
ca—also; eva—indeed; ubhayam—both of them; krtam—created.

TRANSLATION

In this world of matter, which the conditioned soul accepts as
consisting of enjoyable resources, the conditioned soul expands,
thinking that he is the enjoyer of the material world. Similarly, the
material world expands in the living entity as a source of enjoy-
ment. In this way they both expand, but because they are My en-
ergies, they are both pervaded by Me. As the Supreme Lord, I am
the cause of these effects, and one should know that both of them
rest in Me.

PURPORT

The Mayavada philosophy sees everything as being equal in quality
with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or the Supreme Brahman, and
therefore sees everything as worshipable. This dangerous theory of the
Mayavada school has turned people in general toward atheism. On the
strength of this theory, one thinks that he is God, but this is not a fact. As
stated in Bhagavad-gita (maya tatam idam sarvarn jagad avyakta-mir-
tind), the fact is that the entire cosmic manifestation is an expansion of
the Supreme Lord’s energies, which are manifested in the physical ele-
ments and the living entities. The living entities wrongly consider the
