Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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virāṇ mayāsādyamāno
loka-kalpa-vikalpakaḥ
pañcatvāya viśeṣāya
kalpate bhuvanaiḥ saha

WORD BY WORD



TRANSLATION

I am the basis of the universal form, which displays endless variety through the repeated creation, maintenance and destruction of the planetary systems. Originally containing within itself all planets in their dormant state, My universal form manifests the varieties of created existence by arranging the coordinated combination of the five elements.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the word mayā refers to the Lord in His form as eternal time.

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