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CC Adi 5.64



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 64

kṛṣṇa—kartā, māyā tāṅra karena sahāya
ghaṭera kāraṇa—cakra-daṇḍādi upāya


SYNONYMS

kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; kartā — the creator; māyā — material energy; tāṅra — His; karena — does; sahāya — assistance; ghaṭera kāraṇa — the cause of the earthen pot; cakra-daṇḍa-ādi — the wheel, the rod, and so on; upāya — instruments.


TRANSLATION

Lord Kṛṣṇa is the creator, and māyā only helps Him as an instrument, just like the potter’s wheel and other instruments, which are the instrumental causes of a pot.