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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 2.10.14
adhidaivam athadhyatmam
tridhabhidyata tac chrnu
SYNONYMS
adhidaivam -- the controlling entities; atha -- now; adhyatmam -- the controlled entities; adhibhutam -- the material bodies; iti -- thus; prabhuh -- the Lord; atha -- in this way; ekam -- one only; paurusam -- of His Lordship; viryam -- potency; tridha -- in three; abhidyata -- divided; tat -- that; srnu -- just hear from me.
TRANSLATION
Just hear from me how the potency of His Lordship divides one into three, called the controlling entities, the controlled entities and the material bodies, in the manner mentioned above.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness