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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.20
mahy-ādayo yonishu bhānti nānā
evam bhavān kevala ātma-yonishv
ātmātma-tantro bahudhā vibhāti
SYNONYMS
yathā — as; hi — indeed; bhūteshu — among manifested beings; cara — mobile; acareshu — and immobile; mahī-ādayah — earth and so on (the primary elements of creation); yonishu — in species; bhānti — manifest; nānā — variously; evam — so; bhavān — You; kevalah — one alone; ātma — Yourself; yonishu — in those whose source; ātmā — the Supreme Soul; ātma-tantrah — self-reliant; bahudhā — manifold; vibhāti — appear.
TRANSLATION
Just as the primary elements — earth and so on — manifest themselves in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life, so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among the variegated objects of Your creation.
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