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etadyonīni bhūtāni sarvāṇītyupadhāraya . ahaṃ kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhavaḥ pralayastathā
應當知曉，一切眾生（有情與無情）皆以此二為其根源。我是整個宇宙的起源，亦是其終結。
Understand thus that all things (sentient and insentient) have these as their source. I am the origin as also the end of the whole Universe.
這兩種原質（Prakriti），即低級原質（Apara Prakriti）和高級原質（Para Prakriti），是所有眾生的子宮。由於我也是這兩種原質（Prakriti）的根源，因此我就是這個宇宙的因。整個宇宙源於我，也消融於我。在梵經（Brahma Sutras）中（第一章，第一節，第二句）說道：「賈那瑪迪亞斯亞·亞塔（Janmadyasya yatah）」，意指梵（Brahman）是那全知全能的因，由此產生了這個世界的起源、存續和消融。正如心意是夢中所見事物的質料因（UpadanaKarana）和見者（Drashta），同樣地，伊濕伐羅（Isvara）是這個世界的質料因（UpadanaKarana），也是見者（Drashta）。祂也是動力因（NimittaKarana）。
These two Natures? the inferior and the superior? are the womb of all beings. As I am the source of these two Prakritis or Natures also? I am the cause of this universe. The whole universe originates from Me and dissolves in Me.In the Brahma Sutras (chapter 1? section 1? aphorism 2) it is said? Janmadyasya yatah meaning that Brahman is that omniscient and omnipotent cause from which proceed the origin? subsistence and dissolution of this world.Just as the mind is the material cause and also the seer (Drashta) for the objects seen in a dream? so also Isvara is the material cause of this world (UpadanaKarana) and also the seer (Drashta). He is also the efficient or the instrumental cause (NimittaKarana). (Cf.XIV.3)