SB 7.9.33 The intellectual search for first principles takes us to the cause of all causes

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thank you kalashaktya sanjoditas prakriti dharman atma gudham ambhasya dhanantashayanad viramat samadheram nabherabhut sukhanikavat vanambhasam sukhanikavat and amnambhasam so here shlokar allah maharaj is describing the glory of the lord in terms of the original creation how he brings it out and he is saying firstly that tasyaiva tevapuritam that actually the universe is your body and unlike our body which is different from the soul actually krishna is non-different from the universe and is also non-different from the soul of the universe kunti maharani also prays similarly vishwesh vishwatman vishwamurthe svakeshume you are vishwatman and vishwamurpe also so he is describing that this is your body universe but how is it activated it is activated by you through your energy known as kalashaktya sanjoditasya nilaka nijikalashaktya so at the start of the creation the lord of the ground advances and activates material nature and then he describes that how from your navel a small transcendental seed is generated and that seed is the source from which the gigantic lotus flower around which on which the universe is manifested comes out and here the vatavat mahabhyam so vatavat is just like a banyan tree so now Prahlad Maharaj is offering prayers to lord Nrsimhadeva so in those prayers why he is talking about the origin of the universe in general the contemplative mind is always trying to discover the first principles behind everything the passionate mind is looking for quick pleasures but the contemplative mind the minded goodness and of course the transcendental mind it looks for first principles behind appearances so we see the dazzling variety of the universe all around and earlier Prahlad Maharaj has talked about how Hiranyakashipu was captivated by the desire to control and own the universe and rule the universe but Prahlad Maharaj has said earlier that how that ambition was destroyed in one moment by your lord by your lord in the form of time and you can just destroyed him so now he is saying that actually rather than trying to rule the world one should try to connect with the one who is the ruler of the world one who is the source of the world so to demonstrate how Prahlad Maharaj knows who is the origin who is the source of the universe and who is its controller Prahlad Maharaj is actually, his mind is naturally going back from the immediate variety around him to the beginning days so actually when we say we should always think of Krishna that can be done in various ways it can be directly thinking of the past times of Krishna by chanting his holy name but it can also be by a process of analytical contemplation wherein our mind goes back from the current situation to its roots and that way the contemplation that happens is quite sobering and illuminating so in general when we try to go back to first principles in everything we will see that the search for first principles will end in the supreme lord who is the cause of all causes so here he is describing that actually you are the body that means you are the prakriti and you are the purush you are the purush also so in both ways from the point of view of the universe which has a passive element and active element so by looking at it both ways he is saying it is you who are the soul you are vapu and it is activated by kaalashaptya which is your energy and he is describing how it happens from the beginning of the lotus so devotee searches for first principles in his or her thinking process and that search ultimately takes us to the cause of all causes so by looking beyond appearances towards first principles we can train our mind to constantly and consistently think of krishna