CC MADHYA 20.259
māyā-dvāre sṛje teṅho brahmāṇḍera gaṇa
jaḍa-rūpā prakṛti nahe brahmāṇḍa-kāraṇa
jaḍa-rūpā prakṛti nahe brahmāṇḍa-kāraṇa
SYNONYMS
māyā-dvāre—by the agency of the external energy; sṛje—creates; teṅho—Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa; brahmāṇḍera gaṇa—all the groups of universes; jaḍa-rūpā—appearing dull; prakṛti—the material energy; nahe—is not; brahmāṇḍa-kāraṇa—the cause of the cosmic manifestation.
TRANSLATION
"By the agency of the material energy, this same Lord Saṅkarṣaṇa creates all the universes. The dull material energy-known in modern language as nature-is not the cause of the material universe.