The spiritual world eternally manifests true varieties, while material creation is temporary shadow lacking genuine distinction.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.10 — December 22, 1974, Bombay 741222SB-BOMBAY [36:39 Minutes] SB-03.26.10_741222SB-BOMBAY Nitāi: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse, etc.] śrī-bhagavān uvāca yat tat tri-guṇam avyaktaṁ nityaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam pradhānaṁ prakṛtiṁ prāhur aviśeṣaṁ viśeṣavat [SB 3.26.10] [break] [02:22] "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The unmanifested eternal combination of the three modes is the cause of the manifested state and is called pradhāna.
It is called prakṛti when in the manifested stage of existence." Prabhupāda: yat tat tri-guṇam avyaktaṁ nityaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam pradhānaṁ prakṛtiṁ prāhur aviśeṣaṁ viśeṣavat [SB 3.26.10] Viśeṣa means varieties, and aviśeṣa means without variety. Just like we have got experience: the earth is there. Now, if... From the earth, you can make so many other things.
You can make doll. You can make pot. You can make bowls. You can make bricks.
You can make house. So many things you can make. So this transformation into forms, that is called viśeṣa, varieties. And when the transformation is not there, that is called aviśeṣa or nirviśeṣa. So viśeṣavat.
The word is used here, viśeṣavat. It appears like viśeṣa, variety, but actually it has no variety; it is the material element. In another place it is said, tejo-vāri-mṛdāṁ vinimayo yatra tri-sargaḥ amṛṣā [SB 1.1.1]. Somebody says mṛṣā.
It is created. In the Bhagavad-gītā it is said this creation is going on, bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate [Bg. 8.19]. It is created at a certain time, and then again it is annihilated. And when annihilated, mixed together, that is avyaktam.
And when they are again created into forms, that is called vyaktam. Just like you take a lump of gold and prepare many ornaments. You can make bangles, you can make necklace, earring and so many things. And again melt it—it becomes lump of gold.