Text 35] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 241
PURPORT

This is the description of the cosmic manifestation. The development
of the cosmic manifestation is like the fructification of a seed. When cot-
ton is transformed into thread, the cotton is no longer visible, and when
the thread is woven into cloth, the thread is no longer visible. Similarly,
it is perfectly correct that when the seed that had generated from the
navel of Garbhodakasadyi Visnu became manifested as the cosmic cre-
ation, one could no longer understand where the cause of the cosmic
manifestation is. Modern scientists have tried to explain the origin of
creation by a chunk theory, but no one can explain how such a chunk
might have burst. The Vedic literature, however, explains clearly that
the total material energy was agitated by the three modes of material
nature because of the glance of the Supreme Lord. In other words, in
terms of the chunk theory, the bursting of the chunk was caused by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus one must accept the supreme
cause, Lord Visnu, as the cause of all causes.

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sa tv dtma-yonir ativismita asrito *bjam
kalena tivra-tapasa parisuddha-bhavah
tvam atmanisa bhuvi gandham ivatisitksmam
bhiitendriydsayamaye vitatam dadarsa

sah—he (Lord Brahma); tu—but; Gtma-yonih —who is born without
a mother (directly begotten by the father, Lord Visnu); ati-vismitah—
very much surprised (not finding the source of his birth); aéritah—situ-
ated on; abjam—the lotus; kalena—in due course of time; tivra-
tapasa—by severe austerities; parisuddha-bhdvah—being completely
purified; tvam—You; dtmani—in his body and existence; isa—O my
Lord; bhuvi —within the earth; gandham—aroma; iva—like; ati-
