Prabhupada Podcast

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.31 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on March 9, 1976 in Mayapur, India. A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/pxEH7s. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.31 tvaṁ vā idaṁ sadasad īśa bhavāṁs tato ’nyo  māyā yad ātma-para-buddhir iyaṁ hy apārthā yad yasya janma nidhanaṁ sthitir īkṣaṇaṁ ca  tad vaitad eva vasukālavad aṣṭi-tarvoḥ My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, the entire cosmic creation is caused by You, and the cosmic manifestation is an effect of Your energy. Although the entire cosmos is but You alone, You keep Yourself aloof from it. The conception of “mine and yours,” is certainly a type of illusion [māyā] because everything is an emanation from You and is therefore not different from You. Indeed, the cosmic manifestation is nondifferent from You, and the annihilation is also caused by You. This relationship between Your Lordship and the cosmos is illustrated by the example of the seed and the tree, or the subtle cause