Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 37: The Killing of the Demons Keśi and Vyoma |
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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