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The Supreme Personality Godhead-The Cause of Creation

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2017-08-05 Srimad Bhagavatam 11.03.35 - The Supreme Personality Godhead-The Cause of Creation (download mp3) by Radhanath Swami at ISKCON Chowpatty www.iskcondesiretree.com SB 11.3.35sri-pippalayana uvacasthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetur ahetur asya yat svapna-jagara-susuptisu sad bahis cadehendriyasu-hrdayani caranti yena sañjivitani tad avehi param narendra Translation: Sri Pippalayana said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe, yet He has no prior cause. He pervades the various states of wakefulness, dreaming and unconscious deep sleep and also exists beyond them. By entering the body of every living being as the Supersoul, He enlivens the body, senses, life airs and mental activities, and thus all the subtle and gross organs of the body begin their functions. My dear King, know that Personality of Godhead to be the Supreme. Purport: In the previous verse King Nimi inquired about various aspects of the Absolute Truth, namely Narayana, Brahman and Paramatma. Now the sage Sri Pippalayana explains these three features of the Absolute Truth in the same order in which the King mentioned them. Sthity-udbhava-pralaya-hetuh refers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who expands Himself as the triple purusa incarnations — Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu. As described in the Bhagavatam (1.3.1): jagrhe paurusam rupam bhagavan mahad-adibhihsambhutam sodasa-kalam adau loka-sisrksaya “In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the purusa incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universe.” Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, is mentioned here as hetuh, or the supreme cause of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the cosmic situation. Still, there is no cause of the Lord Himself; He is ahetuh. As expressed in the Brahma-samhita, anadir adir govindah sarva-karana-karanam. The Supreme Lord is the cause of all causes, and being the eternal Absolute Truth, He has no cause of Himself. The word ahetuh has also been explained by Srila Jiva Gosvami to indicate that the Supreme Lord has His original form as Krsna in His own transcendental abode, called Krsnaloka. Since Krsna is always engaged in His blissful pastimes in the company of His eternally liberated associates, He is aloof from the affairs of this world, which is created by His external potency, known as maya. Therefore it is stated, jagrhe paurusam rupam. The Lord expands Himself as Narayana and Visnu to facilitate the gross illusion and gradual rectification of the conditioned souls. The Lord’s aloofness from the material creation is also described in the Vedas: na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate. The Absolute Truth has nothing to do, since everything is done self-sufficiently by His multipotencies. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura has pointed out that even though the Supreme Lord Krsna is ahetuh, or causeless and aloof from the cause of material creation, the Lord is also described in this verse as hetuh, or the ultimate cause of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of the material manifestation, because He expands Himself as Paramatma, or the Supersoul, who acts as the prime mover of the cosmic manifestation. The word ahetuh may also be understood in another way. In Bhagavad-gita (7.5) the Lord says: apareyam itas tv anyam prakrtim viddhi me paramjiva-bhutam maha-baho yayedam dharyate jagat The conditioned living entities (jiva-bhuta) desire to engage in sense gratification with their material senses (manah-sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati). Thus the creation of the material world becomes necessary. In fact, the material cosmic manifestation continues to exist because of the desires of the conditioned souls to exploit it (ya

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