Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 20 Verse 272

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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 20.272

sei puruṣa māyā-pāne kare avadhāna

prakṛti kṣobhita kari' kare vīryera ādhāna

SYNONYMS

sei puruṣa — that Supreme Personality of Godhead; māyā-pāne — toward māyā; kare avadhāna — glances; prakṛti — the material nature; kṣobhita kari' — making agitated; kare — impregnates; vīryera — of the semen; ādhāna — injection.

TRANSLATION

"When the Supreme Personality of Godhead glances over the material energy, she becomes agitated. At that time, the Lord injects the original semen of the living entities.

PURPORT

In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.10), Kṛṣṇa says, bījaḿ māḿ sarva-bhūtānām: "I am the original seed of all existences." This is also confirmed in another verse in the Bhagavad-gītā (14.4):

sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ

tāsāḿ brahma mahad yonir ahaḿ bīja-pradaḥ pitā

"It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father."

For a further explanation, one may refer to the Brahma-saḿhitā (Bs. 5.10-13). The Brahma-saḿhitā also states (5.51):

agnir mahī gaganam ambu marud diśaś ca

kālas tathātma-manasīti jagat-trayāṇi

yasmād bhavanti vibhavanti viśanti yaḿ ca

govindam ādi-puruṣaḿ tam ahaḿ bhajāmi

All material elements, as well as the spiritual sparks (individual souls), are emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed by the Vedānta-sūtra (1.1): janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]. "The Absolute Truth is He from whom everything emanates." He is the Supreme Truth: satyaḿ paraḿ dhīmahi (Bhāg. 1.1.1). The absolute ultimate truth is Kṛṣṇa. Oḿ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya/ janmādy asya yato 'nvayād itarataś cārtheṣv abhijñaḥ sva-rāṭ: "The Absolute Truth is a person who is directly and indirectly cognizant of the entire cosmic manifestation." (Bhāg. 1.1.1)

The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, educated Lord Brahmā from the heart (Bhāg. 1.1.1): tene brahma hṛdā ya ādi-kavaye. Therefore the Absolute Truth cannot be dull matter; the Absolute Truth must be the Supreme Person Himself. Sei puruṣa māyā-pāne kare avadhāna. Simply by His glance, material nature is impregnated with all living entities. According to their karma and fruitive activity, they emerge in different bodies. That is the explanation given by the Bhagavad-gītā (2.13):

dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraḿ yauvanaḿ jarā

tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati

"As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change."

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