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Chapter 4: The Process of Creation

Verse 9 of 24
SB 2.4.9

यथा गुणांस्तु प्रकृतेर्युगपत्क्रमशो ऽपि वा बिभर्ति भूरिशस्त्वेकः कुर्वन्कर्माणि जन्मभिः

yathā guṇāṁs tu prakṛter yugapat kramaśo 'pi vā bibharti bhūriśas tv ekaḥ kurvan karmāṇi janmabhiḥ

Synonyms

yathāas they are; guṇānthe modes of; tubut; prakṛteḥof the material energy; yugapatsimultaneously; kramaśaḥgradually; apialso; either; bibhartimaintains; bhūriśaḥmany forms; tubut; ekaḥthe supreme one; kurvanacting; karmāṇiactivities; janmabhiḥby incarnations..

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, whether He alone acts with the modes of material nature, or simultaneously expands in many forms, or expands consecutively to direct the modes of nature.

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