Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.74.20-21

yad-ātmakam idaḿ viśvaḿ

kratavaś ca yad-ātmakāḥ

agnir āhutayo mantrā

sāńkhyaḿ yogaś ca yat-paraḥ

eka evādvitīyo 'sāv

aitad-ātmyam idaḿ jagat

ātmanātmāśrayaḥ sabhyāḥ

sṛjaty avati hanty ajaḥ

SYNONYMS

yat-ātmakam — founded upon whom; idam — this; viśvam — universe; kratavaḥ — great sacrificial performances; ca — and; yat-ātmakāḥ — founded upon whom; agniḥ — the sacred fire; āhutayaḥ — the oblations; mantrāḥ — the incantations; sāńkhyam — the doctrine of philosophic investigation; yogaḥ — the art of meditation; ca — and; yat — at whom; paraḥ — aimed; ekaḥ — one; eva — alone; advitīyaḥ — without a second; asau — He; aitat-ātmyam — founded upon Him; idam — this; jagat — universe; ātmanā — through Himself (i.e., His energies); ātma — Himself alone; āśrayaḥ — having as His shelter; sabhyāḥ — O members of the assembly; sṛjati — He creates; avati — maintains; hanti — and destroys; ajaḥ — the unborn.

TRANSLATION

This entire universe is founded upon Him, as are the great sacrificial performances, with their sacred fires, oblations and mantras. Sāńkhya and yoga both aim toward Him, the one without a second. O assembly members, that unborn Lord, relying solely on Himself, creates, maintains and destroys this cosmos by His personal energies, and thus the existence of this universe depends on Him alone.

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