Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 16 Sanskrit: अणुर्बृहत् कृशः स्थूलो यो यो भावः प्रसिध्यति ।सर्वोऽप्युभयसंयुक्तः प्रकृत्या पुरुषेण च ॥ १६ ॥ ITRANS: aṇur bṛhat kṛśaḥ sthūloyo yo bhāvaḥ prasidhyatisarvo ’py ubhaya-saṁyuktaḥprakṛtyā puruṣeṇa ca Translation: Whatever features visibly exist within this world — small or great, thin or stout — certainly contain both the material nature and its enjoyer, the spirit soul. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17 Sanskrit: यस्तु यस्यादिरन्तश्च स वै मध्यं च तस्य सन् ।विकारो व्यवहारार्थो यथा तैजसपार्थिवाः ॥ १७ ॥ ITRANS: yas tu yasyādir antaś casa vai madhyaṁ ca tasya sanvikāro vyavahārārthoyathā taijasa-pārthivāḥ Translation: Gold and earth are originally existing as ingredients. From gold one may fashion golden ornaments such as bracelets and earrings, and from earth one may fashion clay pots and saucers. The original ingredients gold and earth exist before the products made from them, and when the products are eventually destroyed, the original ingredients, gold and earth, will remain....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: यदुपादाय पूर्वस्तु भावो विकुरुतेऽपरम् ।आदिरन्तो यदा यस्य तत् सत्यमभिधीयते ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: yad upādāya pūrvas tubhāvo vikurute ’paramādir anto yadā yasyatat satyam abhidhīyate Translation: A material object, itself composed of an essential ingredient, creates another material object through transformation. Thus one created object becomes the cause and basis of another created object. A particular thing may thus be called real in that it possesses the basic nature of another object that constitutes its origin and final state....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: प्रकृतिर्यस्योपादानमाधारः पुरुषः परः ।सतोऽभिव्यञ्जकः कालो ब्रह्म तत्त्रितयं त्वहम् ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: prakṛtir yasyopādānamādhāraḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥsato ’bhivyañjakaḥ kālobrahma tat tritayaṁ tv aham Translation: The material universe may be considered real, having nature as its original ingredient and final state. Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu is the resting place of nature, which becomes manifest by the power of time. Thus nature, the almighty Viṣṇu and time are not different from Me, the Supreme Absolute Truth....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: सर्गः प्रवर्तते तावत् पौर्वापर्येण नित्यशः ।महान् गुणविसर्गार्थः स्थित्यन्तो यावदीक्षणम् ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: sargaḥ pravartate tāvatpaurvāparyeṇa nityaśaḥmahān guṇa-visargārthaḥsthity-anto yāvad īkṣaṇam Translation: As long as the Supreme Personality of Godhead continues to glance upon nature, the material world continues to exist, perpetually manifesting through procreation the great and variegated flow of universal creation. Purport: Although the mahat-tattva, impelled by the force of time, is the ingredient cause of this world, it is clearly explained here that the Supreme Lord is personally the only ultimate cause of all that exists....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: विराण्मयासाद्यमानो लोककल्पविकल्पकः ।पञ्चत्वाय विशेषाय कल्पते भुवनैः सह ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: virāṇ mayāsādyamānoloka-kalpa-vikalpakaḥpañcatvāya viśeṣāyakalpate bhuvanaiḥ saha Translation: I am the basis of the universal form, which displays endless variety through the repeated creation, maintenance and destruction of the planetary systems. Originally containing within itself all planets in their dormant state, My universal form manifests the varieties of created existence by arranging the coordinated combination of the five elements....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22-27 Sanskrit: अन्ने प्रलीयते मर्त्यमन्नं धानासु लीयते । धाना भूमौ प्रलीयन्ते भूमिर्गन्धे प्रलीयते ॥ २२ ॥अप्सु प्रलीयते गन्ध आपश्च स्वगुणे रसे । लीयते ज्योतिषि रसो ज्योती रूपे प्रलीयते ॥ २३ ॥रूपं वायौ स च स्पर्शे लीयते सोऽपि चाम्बरे । अम्बरं शब्दतन्मात्र इन्द्रियाणि स्वयोनिषु ॥ २४ ॥योनिर्वैकारिके सौम्य लीयते मनसीश्वरे । शब्दो भूतादिमप्येति भूतादिर्महति प्रभुः ॥ २५ ॥स लीयते महान् स्वेषु गुणेषु गुणवत्तमः । तेऽव्यक्ते सम्प्रलीयन्ते तत् काले लीयतेऽव्यये ॥ २६ ॥कालो मायामये जीवे जीव आत्मनि मय्यजे । आत्मा केवल आत्मस्थो विकल्पापायलक्षणः ॥ २७ ॥...
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: एवमन्वीक्षमाणस्य कथं वैकल्पिको भ्रमः । मनसो हृदि तिष्ठेत व्योम्नीवार्कोदये तमः ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: evam anvīkṣamāṇasyakathaṁ vaikalpiko bhramaḥmanaso hṛdi tiṣṭhetavyomnīvārkodaye tamaḥ Translation: Just as the rising sun removes the darkness of the sky, similarly, this scientific knowledge of cosmic annihilation removes all illusory duality from the mind of a serious student. Even if illusion somehow enters his heart, it cannot remain there....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: एष साङ्ख्यविधिः प्रोक्तः संशयग्रन्थिभेदनः ।प्रतिलोमानुलोमाभ्यां परावरदृशा मया ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: eṣa sāṅkhya-vidhiḥ proktaḥsaṁśaya-granthi-bhedanaḥpratilomānulomābhyāṁparāvara-dṛśā mayā Translation: Thus I, the perfect seer of everything material and spiritual, have spoken this knowledge of Sāṅkhya, which destroys the illusion of doubt by scientific analysis of creation and annihilation. Purport: Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa has explained that the material mind accepts and rejects many different concepts of life, generating innumerable false arguments about the actual process of perfection....