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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.6.33

इति तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि । नान्यद्भगवत: किंचिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥ ३३ ॥
iti te ’bhihitaṁ tāta
[iti te ’bhihitam taata]
yathedam anupṛcchasi
[yathedam anuprichchasi]
nānyad bhagavataḥ kiñcid
[naanyad bhagavatah kinchid]
bhāvyaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam
[bhaavyam sad-asad-aatmakam]
Word-for-word
iti — thus te — unto you abhihitam — explained tāta — my dear son yathā — as idam — all these anupṛcchasi — as you have inquired na — never anyat — anything else bhagavataḥ — beyond the Personality of Godhead kiñcit — nothing bhāvyam — to be thought ever sat — cause asat — effect ātmakam — in the matter of.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
iti te ’bhihitaṁ tāta
iti
thus
te
unto you
abhihitam
explained
tāta
my dear son
yathedam anupṛcchasi
yathā
as
nānyad bhagavataḥ kiñcid
idam
all these
anupṛcchasi
as you have inquired
na
never
anyat
anything else
bhāvyaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam
bhagavataḥ
beyond the Personality of Godhead
kiñcit
nothing
bhāvyam
to be thought ever
sat
cause
asat
effect
ātmakam
in the matter of.
My dear son, whatever you inquired from me I have thus explained unto you, and you must know for certain that whatever there is (either as cause or as effect, both in the material and spiritual worlds) is dependent on the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Purport

The complete cosmic situation, both in the material and in the spiritual manifestations of the energies of the Lord, is working and moving first as the cause and then as the effect. But the original cause is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Effects of the original cause become the causes of other effects, and thus everything, either permanent or temporary, is working as cause and effect. And because the Lord is the primeval cause of all persons and all energies, He is called the cause of all causes, as confirmed in the Brahma-saṁhitā as well as in the Bhagavad-gītā. The Brahma-saṁhitā (5.1) affirms:

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

And in the Bhagavad-gītā (10.8) it is said:

ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo mattaḥ sarvaṁ pravartate iti matvā bhajante māṁ budhā bhāva-samanvitāḥ

So the original primeval cause is vigraha, the personal, and the impersonal spiritual effulgence, brahmajyoti, is also an effect of the Supreme Brahman ( brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāham ), Lord Kṛṣṇa.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O son! I have answered according to your questions. You should not think that there is anything, either as effect or as cause, other than the Supreme Lord.
Commentary

This summarizes the section. Sad-asad-ātmakam means composed of effect and cause, and also the spiritual world and material world. You should not think (na bhāvyam) that there is anything except the Lord.

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Personal Guidance
Every cause and every effect in the material and spiritual worlds depends on the Lord. He is the cause of all causes — Govinda. Trace any chain back far enough and you arrive at His feet.
Reflection Questions
  • What chain of causes in my life have I never traced back to its true Origin?
  • How would I live if I always remembered the cause of causes is a Person?
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