268 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 7

dtma-mayam—My energy; samavis ya—having entered; sah—Myself; aham
—1;gunamayim—composed of the modes of material nature; dvija—O twice-
born Daksa; srjan—creating; raksan—maintaining; haran--annihilating; vis-
vam—the cosmic manifestation; dadhre—| cause to be born; samjiam—a
name; kriya-ucitam—according to the activity.

TRANSLATION

The Lord continued: My dear Daksa Dvija, I am the original Personality
of Godhead, but in order to create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic
manifestation, | act through My material energy, and according to the
different grades of activity, My representations are differently named.

PURPORT

As explained in Bhagavad-gita (7.5), jiva-bhittarh mahabaho: the whole
world is energy released from the supreme source, the Personality of
Godhead, who, it is further stated in Bhagavad-gita, acts in superior
energies and inferior energies. The superior energy is the living entity,
who is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As parts and parcels, the
living entities are not different from the Supreme Lord; the energy ema-
nated from Him is not different from Him. But in the actual activity of
this material world, the living entity is under the different qualities of
material energy and in different forms. There are 8,400,000 life forms.
The same living entity acts under the influence of the different qualities of
material nature. The entities have different bodies, but originally, in the
beginning of creation, Lord Visnu is alone. For the purpose of creation,
Brahma is manifested, and for annihilation there is Lord Siva. As far as the
spiritual entrance into the material world is concerned, all beings are part
and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but under the covering of different
material qualities they have different names. Lord Brahma and Lord Siva
are qualitative incarnations of Visnu, as gunavataras, and Visnu with them
accepts control of the quality of goodness; therefore He is also a qualita-
tive incarnation like Lord Siva and Lord Brahma. Actually the different
names exist for different directions, otherwise the origin is one only.

TEXT 52

afer aerafadta Fae oearcata |
ATA T Aa AeaTasT TIAA Wz

tasmin brahmany adviliye
kevale paramatmani
