Canto 2: The Cosmic ManifestationChapter 4: The Process of Creation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.4.9

yathā gunāms tu prakriter

yugapat kramaśo 'pi

bibharti bhūriśas tv ekah

kurvan karmāni janmabhih

SYNONYMS

yathāas they are; gunān — the modes of; tu — but; prakriteh — of the material energy; yugapat — simultaneously; kramaśah — gradually; api — also; — either; bibharti — maintains; bhūriśah — many forms; tu — but; ekah — the supreme one; kurvan — acting; karmāni — activities; janmabhih — by incarnations.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, whether He alone acts with the modes of material nature, or simultaneously expands in many forms, or expands consecutively to direct the modes of nature.

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