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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.27
manvantareṣu bhagavān
bibhrat sattvaḿ sva-mūrtibhiḥ
manv-ādibhir idaḿ viśvam
avaty udita-pauruṣaḥ
SYNONYMS
manu-antareṣu — in each change of Manu; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; bibhrat — manifesting; sattvam — His internal potency; sva-mūrtibhiḥ — by His different incarnations; manu-ādibhiḥ — as Manus; idam — this; viśvam — the universe; avati — maintains; udita — discovering; pauruṣaḥ — divine potencies.
TRANSLATION
In each and every change of Manu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears by manifesting His internal potency in different incarnations, as Manu and others. Thus He maintains the universe by discovered power.
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