TEXT 19

tattvani purva-rudhani
karanani parasparam
samavayaprayogac ca
vibhinnani prthak prthak

cic-chaktya sajjamano 'tha
bhagavan adi-purusah
yojayan mayaya devo
yoga-nidram akalpayat

WORD FOR WORD

tattvani--elements; purva-rudhani--previously created; karanani--causes; parasparam--mutually, samavaya--of the process of conglomeration; aprayogat--from the nonapplication; ca--and; vibhinnani--separate; prthak prthak--one from another; cit-saktya--with His spiritual potency; sajjamanah-- associating; atha--then; bhagavan--the Supreme Personality of Godhead; adi-purusah--the primal Godhead; yojayan-- causing to join; mayaye--with Maya; divah--the Lord, yoga-nidram--Yoganidra; akalpayat--He consorted with.

TRANSLATION

Before their conglomeration the primary elements in their nascent state remained originally separate entities. Non-applialtion of the conglomerating process is the cause of their separate existence. Divine Maha-Visnu, primal Godhead, through association with His own spiritual [cit] potency, moved Maya and by the application of the conglomerating principle created those different entities in their state of cooperation. And after that He Himself consorted with Yoganidra by way of His eternal dalliance with His spiritual [cit] potency.

PURPORT

Mayadhyaksena prakrtih suyate sa-caracaram: "The mundane energy prakrti gives birth to this universe of animate and inanimate beings by My direction." The purport of this sloka of the Gita is that Maya, the perverted reflection of spiritual (cit) potency was at first inactive and her extension of matter constituting the material cause was also in the separately dislocated state. In accordance with the will of Krsna this world is manifested as the resultant of the union of the efficient and the material causal principles of Maya. In spite of that, the Supreme Lord Himself remains united with His exit potency, Yoga- nidra. The word yoganidra or yogamaya indicates as follows: The nature of cit potency is manifestive of the Absolute Truth, while the nature of her perverted reflection, Maya, is envelopment in the gloom of ignorance. When Krsna desires to manifest something in the mundane ignorance-wrapt affairs, He does this by the conjunction of His spiritual potency with His inactive nonspiritual potency. This is known as Yogamaya. It carries a twofold notion, namely, transcendental notion and mundane inert notion. Krsna Himself, His subjective portions and those jivas who are His unalloyed separated particles, realize the transcendental notion in that conjunction, while conditioned souls feel the mundane inert notion. The external coating of transcendental knowledge in the conscious activities of conditioned souls, bears the name of Yoganidra. This is also an influence of the cit potency of the Divinity. This principle will be more elaborately considered hereafter.