Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.37.12

ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaḿ

māyayā sasṛje guṇān

tair idaḿ satya-sańkalpaḥ

sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ

SYNONYMS

ātmanā — by Your personal potency; ātma — of the spirit soul; āśrayaḥ — the shelter; pūrvam — first; māyayā — by Your creative energy; sasṛje — You produced; guṇān — the basic modes of material nature; taiḥ — through these; idam — this (universe); satya — always realized in fact; sańkalpaḥ — whose desires; sṛjasi — You create; atsi — withdraw; avasi — and maintain; īśvaraḥ — the controller.

TRANSLATION

You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.

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