It is sometimes manifested. And this is called taṭasthā. This characteristic, this symptom of the Supreme Lord, is called taṭasthā: sometimes manifested, sometimes not manifested. But so far the superior energy is concerned, that is always manifested. That is explained in the next line, dhāmnā svena sadā nirasta-kuhakaṁ paraṁ satyaṁ dhīmahi. Now that is paraṁ satyam, the Supreme Truth, where there is no such temporary manifestation. So this is knowledge and ignorance. The ignorant materialistic, they are captivated, durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninas (SB 7.5.31).
What is the materialistic point of view . . .? Now, durāśayā. They are thinking to have peace and prosperity. This is nonsense. Durāśayā. This is called durāśayā. That will never be fulfilled. The foolish creatures, what will never be fulfilled, they're trying for that. Durāśayā, na te viduḥ. Why they are trying so? Na te viduḥ. They are fools. They do not know. What they do not know? Na te viduḥ svārtha-gatim. What is their self-interest, they do not know. And what is that self-interest? Viṣṇu, the Supreme Lord. Their self-interest is to go back to home, go back to Godhead. That is their real self-interest.
One should be interested, selfish. This is real selfishness, that I must know what I am, what is the goal of my life. But these people, they do not know what is the goal of life. They are trying to adjust things here, but things will never be adjusted, because the nature of this material world is like that. Bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate (BG 8.19).
Trisargo 'mṛṣām. It is a false, or temporary, representation . . . so this sum and substance is that the Supreme Lord, God, or Kṛṣṇa, has got two . . . that He has got many diverse energies; all these diverse energies are, I mean to say, summarized in three division: the spiritual energy, the material energy and the marginal energy.
We are the mar . . . we are living entities. We are marginal. We are sometimes captivated by the material energy and sometimes we are in spiritual energy. Now our attempt is, Kṛṣṇa consciousness means, we are trying to transfer ourself from this temporary energy to the permanent energy.
Therefore in the Bhagavad-gītā you'll find, mahātmānas tu mām, daivī prakṛtim āśritāḥ (BG 9.13). Daivī prakṛti means the superior energy, divine energy. This is also divine energy, but that is directly. This is indirectly. This is temporary. Nothing, without . . . nothing can exist without being divine, because everything is coming out from divine. So sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma (Chāndogya Upaniṣad 3.14.1).
Therefore the impersonalists, they have taken everything as Brahman. That is their . . . that is also true. Everything is Brahman. That's right. That's all right. Just like in this store. This whole thing is store. That's all right. But we have to take advantage of the store, not sitting in this, I mean to say, lavatory. You have to sit here.
If you saw, "That is also sitting place. Why not go there? And deliver the lecture from there?" No. We have to utilize here. So you have to take advantage of the best. Everything is energy of Kṛṣṇa. That's all right. But we have to take advantage of the better energy, superior energy. So na te viduḥ, they do not know how to take advantage of that superior energy.