Text 11] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce 213
pasyanti—they see; yuktah—persons in touch with You; manasd—by
an elevated mind; manisinah—people with advanced consciousness;
guna—of material qualities; vyavdye—in the transformation; api—al-
though; agunam—still untouched by the material qualities;
vipascitah—those who are fully aware of the truth of sastra.
TRANSLATION
O Supreme, You are independent in Your self and do not take
help from others. Through Your own potency, You create this cos-
mic manifestation and enter into it. Those who are advanced in
Krsna consciousness, who are fully in knowledge of the authorita-
tive Sastra, and who, through the practice of bhakti-yoga, are
cleansed of all material contamination, can see with clear minds
that although You exist within the transformations of the material
qualities, Your presence is untouched by these qualities.
PURPORT
The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (9.10):
mayadhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sacardcaram
hetundnena kaunteya
Jagad viparivartate
“This material nature, working under My direction, O son of Kunti, is
producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifesta-
tion is created and annihilated again and again.” The material energy
creates, maintains and devastates the entire cosmic manifestation be-
cause of directions given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who
enters this universe as Garbhodakasayi Visnu but is untouched by the
material qualities. In Bhagavad-gitd the Lord refers to maya, the exter-
nal energy, which creates this material world, as mama maya, “My en-
ergy,” because this energy works under the full control of the Lord.
These facts can be realized only by those who are well versed in Vedic
knowledge and advanced in Krsna consciousness.
