iti te 'bhihitaá¹ tÄta
yathedam anupá¹›cchasi
nÄnyad bhagavataḥ kiñcid
bhÄvyaá¹ sad-asad-Ätmakam
iti - thus; te - unto you; abhihitam - explained; tÄta - my dear son; yathÄ - as; idam - all these; anupá¹›cchasi - as you have inquired; na - never; anyat - anything else; bhagavataḥ - beyond the Personality of Godhead; kiñcit - nothing; bhÄvyam - to be thought ever; sat - cause; asat - effect; Ätmakam - in the matter of.
The complete cosmic situation, both in the material and in the spiritual manifestations of the energies of the Lord, is working and moving first as the cause and then as the effect. But the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Effects of the original cause become the causes of other effects, and thus everything, either permanent or temporary, is working as cause and effect. And because the Lord is the primeval cause of all persons and all energies, He is called the cause of all causes, as confirmed in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ as well as in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ. The Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.1) affirms:
īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-Änanda-vigrahaḥ
anÄdir Ädir govindaḥ
sarva-kÄraṇa-kÄraṇam
And in the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (10.8) it is said:
ahaá¹ sarvasya prabhavo
mattaḥ sarvaṠpravartate
iti matvÄ bhajante mÄá¹
budhÄ bhÄva-samanvitÄḥ
So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahmajyoti, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman (brahmaṇo hi pratiá¹£á¹hÄham), Lord Kṛṣṇa.