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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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यथा पुनः स्वे ख इदं निवेश्य शेते गुहायां स निवृत्तवृत्तिः योगेश्वराधीश्वर एक एतदनुप्रविष्टो बहुधा यथासीत्
yathā punaḥ sve kha idaṁ niveśya śete guhāyāṁ sa nivṛtta-vṛttiḥ yogeśvarādhīśvara eka etad anupraviṣṭo bahudhā yathāsīt
WORD BY WORD
yathā as much as; punaḥ again; sve in His; khe form of space (virāṭ-rūpa); idam this; niveśya entering into; śete lies down; guhāyām within the universe; saḥ He (the Personality of Godhead); nivṛtta without endeavor; vṛttiḥ means of livelihood; yoga-īśvara the master of all mystic powers; adhīśvaraḥ proprietor of everything; ekaḥ one without a second; etat this; anupraviṣṭaḥ entering afterwards; bahudhā by innumerable; yathā as much as; āsīt exists.;
TRANSLATION
| He lies down on His own heart spread in the form of the sky, and thus placing the whole creation in that space, He expands Himself into many living entities, which are manifested as different species of life. He does not have to endeavor for His maintenance, because He is the master of all mystic powers and the proprietor of everything. Thus He is distinct from the living entities.
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PURPORT
| The questions regarding creation, maintenance and destruction, which are mentioned in many parts of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, are in relation to different millenniums (kalpas), and therefore they are differently described by different authorities when questioned by different students. There is no difference regarding the creative principles and the Lord’s control over them, yet there are some differences in the minute details because of different kalpas. The gigantic sky is the material body of the Lord, called the virāṭ-rūpa, and all material creations are resting on the sky, or the heart of the Lord. Therefore, beginning from the sky, the first material manifestation to the gross vision, down to the earth, everything is called Brahman. Sarvaṁ khalv idaṁ brahma: “There is nothing but the Lord, and He is one without a second.” The living entities are the superior energies, whereas matter is the inferior energy, and the combination of these energies brings about the manifestation of this material world, which is in the heart of the Lord.
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