Shloka 10
Rahūgaṇa Instructed by Jaḍa Bharata — Dehātma-buddhi, Nondual Truth, and the Mercy of Devotees
एवं कृशं स्थूलमणुर्बृहद्यद् असच्च सज्जीवमजीवमन्यत् । द्रव्यस्वभावाशयकालकर्म- नाम्नाजयावेहि कृतं द्वितीयम् ॥ १० ॥
evaṁ kṛśaṁ sthūlam aṇur bṛhad yad asac ca saj jīvam ajīvam anyat dravya-svabhāvāśaya-kāla-karma- nāmnājayāvehi kṛtaṁ dvitīyam
เพราะจักรวาลนี้โดยปรมัตถ์หาได้มีความมีอยู่แท้จริงไม่ ความต่างทั้งสั้น‑ยาว หยาบ‑ผอม เล็ก‑ใหญ่ ผล‑เหตุ มีชีวิต‑ไร้ชีวิต ล้วนเป็นเพียงสิ่งที่จิตสมมติขึ้น ดุจหม้อที่ทำจากดินเดียวกันแต่เรียกต่างชื่อ ความต่างปรากฏตามวัตถุ ธรรมชาติ แนวโน้มภายใน กาล และกรรม; จงรู้ว่าเป็นการแสดงออกเชิงกลของปรกฤติเท่านั้น
The temporary manifestations and varieties within this material world are simply creations of material nature under various circumstances: prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ. The actions and reactions carried out by the material nature are sometimes accepted as our scientific inventions; therefore we want to take credit for them and defy the existence of God. This is described in Bhagavad-gītā (3.27) , ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate: due to being covered by the illusory external energy, the living entity tries to take credit for the differentiated creations within the material world. Actually all these are being created automatically by the material force set in motion by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the ultimate cause is the Supreme Person. As stated in Brahma-saṁhitā:
FAQs
This verse states that the varieties of material experience—subtle and gross, living and nonliving, real and unreal—are a secondary creation fashioned by the Lord’s external energy, Māyā, through factors like time and karma.
Rahugana approached Bharata with bodily and social assumptions; Bharata corrects him by showing that such categories belong to Māyā’s secondary arrangement, not to the soul’s true identity.
Treat changing labels—status, body, success, failure—as temporary constructions shaped by time and karma, and focus on steady spiritual practice that reconnects the self with the Supreme Lord.