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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.59
জগৎকারণ নহে প্রকৃতি জড়রূপা ।
শক্তি সঞ্চারিয়া তারে কৃষ্ণ করে কৃপা ॥ ৫৯ ॥
jagat-kāraṇa nahe prakṛti jaḍa-rūpā
śakti sañcāriyā tāre kṛṣṇa kare kṛpā
Because prakṛti is dull and inert, it cannot actually be the cause of the material world. But Lord Kṛṣṇa shows His mercy by infusing His energy into the dull, inert material nature.
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Prakṛti, or material nature, is dull and inert.
Because it is inert, prakṛti cannot actually be the cause of the material world.
Lord Kṛṣṇa shows His mercy by infusing His energy into material nature.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 5.18.38
This is also further explained in Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Ādi 5.59-61): “Because prakṛti [material nature] is dull and inert, it cannot actually be the cause of the material world.
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But material nature is inert in that she has no independent power to do anything. She is empowered to make the cosmic manifestation by the glance of Mahā-Viṣṇu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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What changes in your understanding of material nature when you consider its dependence on Kṛṣṇa’s energy?
Read the translation slowly, pausing to reflect on Kṛṣṇa’s mercy in energizing material nature.
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