The liberation of the Bhattacarya Madhya lila chapter 6 .
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “When the Supreme Personality of Godhead wished to become many, He glanced over the material energy. Before the creation there were no mundane eyes or mind; therefore the transcendental nature of the Absolute Truth’s mind and eyes is confirmed.
Purport
In the Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.2.3), it is said, tad aikṣata bahu syāṁ prajāyeya. This statement confirms the fact that when the Supreme Personality of Godhead wishes to become many, the cosmic manifestation arises simply by His glancing over material energy. It may be noted that the Supreme Lord glanced over the material nature before the creation of this cosmic manifestation. Before the creation there were no material minds or material eyes; therefore the mind by which the Supreme Personality of Godhead desired to create is transcendental, and the eyes with which He glanced over material nature are also transcendental. Thus the Lord’s mind, eyes and other senses are all transcendental.
End of purport ..Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada..
Srila Jiva Goswami brings us this
Chāndogya Upaniṣad (6.2.3) Jiva Goswami purports within the Tattva Sandarbha say its the jivas that wanted to be independent of God , originating from the Tatastha sakti, and thus they were glanced into matter . The material energies are a facility that Maha Visnu provides . The deeper theological framework explained by Srila Jiva Goswami in his commentaries—specifically within the Ṣaṭ-Sandarbhas—regarding Vedic creation with aphorisms like Chāndogya Upaniṣad 6.2.3. While the literal text of the verse reads tad aikṣata bahu syāṁ prajāyeyeti—meaning “That Existence [the Supreme] glanced and willed, ‘May I become many’“—Jīva Gosvāmī clarifies the underlying reason for this glance. The philosophical mechanics behind this concept are broken down below The Lord’s Glance ,in Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, the Supreme Lord does not have material desires or a need to create bondage for anyone. When He glances (aikṣata) over the material energy (prakṛti) at the dawn of a new cosmic cycle, it is a response to the dormant states of the living entities , the Free Will of the Jīva . The jīvas belong to the Lord’s marginal potency (taṭasthā-śakti). Because they possess a minute amount of independence, some jīvas harbor a desire to experience life separate from, or independent of, the Supreme Lord . The Dormant Desires: At the time of cosmic dissolution (pralaya), these unliberated souls rest unconsciously within the body of Mahā-Viṣṇu with their material desires unfulfilled. When the Lord says “May I become many,” He is willingly expanding His energies to facilitate those jīvas who wanted an independent field of activity. Therefore, the Lord’s glance is the nimitta-kāraṇa (efficient cause) that activates the material elements, but it is the individual jīva’s choice that places them into the material world. The Lord simply acts as the compassionate supervisor, providing a material playground for the soul’s independent desires to be played out and, ultimately, exhausted .
One could well ask oneself the origins of the living beings. These above descriptions describes the living beings receiving material bodies , and the glance appears to award material bodies that give the impression that living beings have become many independent enjoyers . However, before the glance spoken about, where did they come from ? There are records in the Vedas of cyclic glances , during the creation , maintenance and destructions of universes . One can further consider before the cyclic cycles, where did the jiva come from ? Maha Sankarsana and Mula Sankarsana should be referenced , They are expansions of Lord Balarama. Lord Balarama is the originator of the expansions of the Jivas , and Balarama is the first expansion of Krishna. Maha Visnu is an expansion of Maha Sankarsana. Maha Visnu is serving a purpose to fulfil the desire of some living beings , who do not want to , or do not feel , at least yet , a spontaneous attraction to associate in love with Krishna and His friends lovers and family. Srila BR Sridhar Swami indicates that that the tatasta jivas who are glanced into matter are from the Brahman, those jivas who immediately feel spontaneous love and attraction enter immediately into the spiritual realms ,their origins being Maha Sankarsana. So some jivas from Maha Sankarsana come within the glance of Mahavisnu , and are caught up in the cyclic universe cycle of creation , maintenance and destruction.
So some jivas come to the material atmosphere, some immediately to the spiritual realms and others hover in an indecisive state in Brahman , one might say ..
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