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The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama

Cc Ādi 5.58
Text
sei ta' māyāra dui-vidha avasthiti
jagatera upādāna 'pradhāna', prakṛti
Synonyms

sei-that; ta'-certainly; māyāra-of the material energy; dui-vidha-two varieties; avasthiti-existence; jagatera-of the material world; upādāna-the ingredients; pradhāna-named pradhāna; prakṛti-material nature.

Translation

Māyā has two varieties of existence. One is called pradhāna or prakṛti. It supplies the ingredients of the material world.

Purport

"O my Lord! Time, activity, providence and nature are four parts of the causal aspect [māyā] of the external energy. The conditioned vital force, the subtle material ingredients called the dravya, and material nature (which is the field of activity where the false ego acts as the soul), as well as the eleven senses and five elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether), which are the sixteen ingredients of the body-these are the ingredient aspect of māyā. The body is generated from activity, and activity is generated from the body, just as a tree is generated from a seed that is generated from a tree. This reciprocal cause and effect is called māyā. My dear Lord, You can save me from this cycle of cause and effect. I worship Your lotus feet."