Madhya-līlā

Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

Verse 259 of 399
Cc Madhya 20.259

মাযাদ্বারে সৃজে তেঙ্হো ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ জডরূপা প্রকৃতি নহে ব্রহ্মাণ্ডকারণ

मायाद्वारे सृजे तेङ्हो ब्रह्माण्डेर गण जडरूपा प्रकृति नहे ब्रह्माण्डकारण

māyā-dvāre sṛje teṅho brahmāṇḍera gaṇa jaḍa-rūpā prakṛti nahe brahmāṇḍa-kāraṇa

Synonyms

māyā-dvāreby the agency of the external energy; sṛjecreates; teṅhoLord Saṅkarṣaṇa; brahmāṇḍera gaṇaall the groups of universes; jaḍa-rūpāappearing dull; prakṛtithe material energy; naheis not; brahmāṇḍa-kāraṇathe cause of the cosmic manifestation..

Translation

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

Verse 259 of 399
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