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Material Nature (Cont’d)
The whole cosmic order is under Me.
Under My will it is automatically
manifested again and again, and under
My will it is annihilated at the end.
- BG 9:8 -
The miseries of life, namely birth, death, old age and diseases, are
present everywhere within the material world. - BG 2:51, purport -
The physical nature is constantly changing. Material bodies gener-
ally pass through six stages: they are born, they grow, they remain
for some duration, they produce some by-products, they dwindle,
and then they vanish. This physical nature is called adhibhüta. It
is created at a certain point and will be annihilated at a certain
point. - BG 8:4, purport -
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