praká¹›tir yasyopÄdÄnam
ÄdhÄraḥ puruá¹£aḥ paraḥ
sato 'bhivyañjakaḥ kÄlo
brahma tat tritayaá¹ tv aham
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: SB(1)
praká¹›tiḥ - material nature; yasya - of which (produced manifestation of the universe); upÄdÄnam - the ingredient cause; ÄdhÄraḥ - the foundation; puruá¹£aḥ - the Personality of Godhead; paraḥ - Supreme; sataḥ - of the real (nature); abhivyañjakaḥ - the agitating agent; kÄlaḥ - time; brahma - the Absolute Truth; tat - this; tritayam - group of three; tu - but; aham - I.
The material universe may be considered real, having nature as its original ingredient and final state. Lord MahÄ-Viṣṇu is the resting place of nature, which becomes manifest by the power of time. Thus nature, the almighty Viṣṇu and time are not different from Me, the Supreme Absolute Truth.
Material nature is the energy of the Lord, MahÄ-Viṣṇu is His plenary portion, and time represents the Lord’s activity. In this way, time and nature are always subservient to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who creates, maintains and annihilates all that exists through the agency of His potencies and plenary portions. In other words, Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth because He contains all existence within Himself.
