# Cc. Madhya 20.259 > মায়া-দ্বারে সৃজে তেঁহো ব্রহ্মাণ্ডের গণ । > জড়রূপা প্রকৃতি নহে ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-কারণ ॥২৫৯॥ ## Text > māyā-dvāre sṛje teṅho brahmāṇḍera gaṇa > 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.**