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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- sādhv etad vyāhṛtaṁ vidvan
- nātma-māyāyanaṁ hareḥ
- ābhāty apārthaṁ nirmūlaṁ
- viśva-mūlaṁ na yad bahiḥ
sādhuas good as it should be — as good as it should be; etatall these explanations — all these explanations; vyāhṛtamthus spoken — thus spoken; vidvanO learned one — O learned one; nanot — not; ātmathe self — the self; māyāenergy — energy; ayanammovement — movement; hareḥof the Personality of Godhead — of the Personality of Godhead; ābhātiappears — appears; apārthamwithout meaning — without meaning; nirmūlamwithout basis — without basis; viśvathe origin is the Supreme-mūlamthe origin is the Supreme — the origin is the Supreme; nanot — not; yatwhich — which; bahiḥoutside — outside.
O learned sage, your explanations are very good, as they should be. Disturbances to the conditioned soul have no other basis than the movement of the external energy of the Lord.
A living entity's unlawful desire to become one with the Lord in every respect is the root cause of the entire material manifestation, for otherwise the Lord has no need to create such a manifestation, even for His pastimes. The conditioned soul, under the spell of the external energy of the Lord, falsely suffers many unfortunate incidents in material life. The Lord is the predominator of the external energy, māyā, whereas the living entity is predominated by the same māyā under the material condition. The false attempt of the living entity to occupy the predominating post of the Lord is the cause of his material bondage, and the conditioned soul's attempt to become one with the Lord is the last snare of māyā.