द्रव्यक्रियाहेत्वयनेशकर्तृभि
र्मायागुणैर्वस्तुनिरीक्षितात्मने ।
अन्वीक्षयाङ्गातिशयात्मबुद्धिभि
र्निरस्तमायाकृतये नमो नमः ॥३७॥

dravya-kriyÄ-hetv-ayaneÅ›a-kartá¹›bhir
mÄyÄ-guṇair vastu-nirÄ«ká¹£itÄtmane
anvÄ«ká¹£ayÄá¹…gÄtiÅ›ayÄtma-buddhibhir
nirasta-mÄyÄká¹›taye namo namaḥ

 dravya - by the objects of sense enjoyment; kriyÄ - the activities of the senses; hetu - the predominating deities of sensory activities; ayana - the body; Ä«Å›a - the predominating time; kartá¹›bhiḥ - by false egotism; mÄyÄ-guṇaiḥ - by the modes of material nature; vastu - as a fact; nirÄ«ká¹£ita - being observed; Ätmane - unto the Supreme Soul; anvÄ«ká¹£ayÄ - by careful consideration; aá¹…ga - by the limbs of yogic practice; atiÅ›aya-Ätma-buddhibhiḥ - by those whose intelligence has become fixed; nirasta - completely freed from; mÄyÄ - the illusory energy; Äká¹›taye - whose form; namaḥ - all respectful obeisances; namaḥ - respectful obeisances.


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The objects of material enjoyment [sound, form, taste, touch and smell], the activities of the senses, the controllers of sensory activities [the demigods], the body, eternal time and egotism are all creations of Your material energy. Those whose intelligence has become fixed by perfect execution of mystic yoga can see that all these elements result from the actions of Your external energy. They can also see Your transcendental form as Supersoul in the background of everything. Therefore I repeatedly offer my respectful obeisances unto You.

Purport

The objects of material enjoyment, the sensory activities, attachment to sensual pleasure, the body, false egotism and so on are produced by the Lord’s external energy, mÄyÄ. The background of all these activities is the living being, and the director of the living beings is the Supersoul. The living being is not the all in all. He is directed by the Supersoul. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (15.15) Kṛṣṇa confirms this:

sarvasya cÄhaá¹ há¹›di sanniviṣṭo
 mattaḥ smá¹›tir jñÄnam apohanaá¹ ca

“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.†The living entity depends on the Supersoul for directions. A person advanced in spiritual knowledge, or a person expert in the practice of mystic yoga (yama, niyama, Äsana and so on) can understand transcendence either as ParamÄtmÄ or as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is the original cause of all natural events. Therefore He is described as sarva-kÄraṇa-kÄraṇam, the cause of all causes. Behind everything visible to our material eyes is some cause, and one who can see the original cause of all causes, Lord Kṛṣṇa, can actually see. Kṛṣṇa, the sac-cid-Änanda-vigraha, is the background of everything, as He Himself confirms in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (9.10):

mayÄdhyaká¹£eṇa praká¹›tiḥ
 sÅ«yate sa-carÄcaram
hetunÄnena kaunteya
 jagad viparivartate

“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of KuntÄ«, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.â€