10 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 1
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Sri-manur uvadca
yena cetayate visvamn
visvam cetayate na yam
yo jagarti Saydne ’smin
ndyam tam veda veda sah
Sri-manuh uvdca—Svayambhuva Manu chanted; yena—by whom
(the Personality of Godhead); cetayate—is brought into animation;
visvam—the whole universe; visvam—the whole universe (the material
world); cetayaté—animates; na—not; yam—He whom; yah—He who;
Jagarti—is always awake (watching all activities); Sayane—while sleep-
ing; asmin—in this body; na—not; ayam—this living entity; tam—
Him; veda—knows; veda—knows; sah—He.
TRANSLATION
Lord Manu said: The supreme living being has created this ma-
terial world of animation; it is not that He was created by this ma-
terial world. When everything is silent, the Supreme Being stays
awake as a witness. The living entity does not know Him, but He
knows everything.
PURPORT
Here is a distinction between the Supreme Personality of Godhead and
the living entities. Nityo nitydndm cetanas cetandndm. According to the
Vedic version, the Lord is the supreme eternal, the supreme living being.
The difference between the Supreme Being and the ordinary living being
is that when this material world is annihilated, all the living entities
remain silent in oblivion, in a dreaming or unconscious condition,
whereas the Supreme Being stays awake as the witness of everything.
This material world is created, it stays for some time, and then it is an-
