106 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 12

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ekas tvam eva sad asad dvayam advayam ca
svarnam krtakrtam iveha na vastu-bhedah
ajfidnatas tvayi janair vihito vikalpo
yasmad guna-vyatikaro nirupddhikasya

ekah—the only one; tvam—Your Lordship; eva—indeed; sat—which
is existing, as the effect; asat—which is nonexistent, as the cause;
dvayam—both of them; advayam—without duality; ca—and; svarnam-
—gold; krta—manufactured into different forms; a@krtam—the original
source of gold (the gold mine); iva—like; iha—in this world; na—not;
vastu-bhedah—difference in the substance; ajndnatah—only because of
ignorance; tvayi—unto You; janaih—by the general mass of people;
vihitah—it should be done; vikalpah—differentiation; yasmat—because
of; guna-vyatikarah—free from the differences created by the material
modes of nature; nirupddhikasya—without any material designation.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, Your Lordship alone is the cause and the effect.
Therefore, although You appear to be two, You are the absolute
one. As there is no difference between the gold of a golden orna-
ment and the gold in a mine, there is no difference between cause
and effect; both of them are the same. Only because of ignorance
do people concoct differences and dualities. You are free from ma-
terial contamination, and since the entire cosmos is caused by You
and cannot exist without You, it is an effect of Your transcendental
qualities. Thus the conception that Brahman is true and the world
false cannot be maintained.

PURPORT

Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that the living entities are
representations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s marginal
potency whereas the various bodies accepted by the living entities are
products of the material energy. Thus the body is considered material,
