Madhya 20.259

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মায়া-দ্বারে সৃজে তেঁহো ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ ।
জড়রূপা প্রকৃতি নহে ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-কারণ ॥ ২৫৯ ॥

maya-dvare srje teṅho brahmandera gana

jada-rupa prakrti nahe brahmanda-karana

SYNONYMS

maya-dvare-by the agency of the external energy; srje-creates; teṅho-Lord Saṅkarsana; brahmandera gana-all the groups of universes; jada-rupa-appearing dull; prakrti-the material energy; nahe-is not; brahmanda-karana-the cause of the cosmic manifestation.

TRANSLATION

"By the agency of the material energy, this same Lord Saṅkarsana creates all the universes. The dull material energy-known in modern language as nature-is not the cause of the material universe.

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