Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.20

yathā hi bhūteṣu carācareṣu

mahy-ādayo yoniṣu bhānti nānā

evaḿ bhavān kevala ātma-yoniṣv

ātmātma-tantro bahudhā vibhāti

SYNONYMS

yathā — as; hi — indeed; bhūteṣu — among manifested beings; cara — mobile; acareṣu — and immobile; mahī-ādayaḥ — earth and so on (the primary elements of creation); yoniṣu — in species; bhānti — manifest; nānā — variously; evam — so; bhavān — You; kevalaḥ — one alone; ātma — Yourself; yoniṣu — in those whose source; ātmā — the Supreme Soul; ātma-tantraḥ — self-reliant; bahudhā — manifold; vibhāti — appear.

TRANSLATION

Just as the primary elements — earth and so on — manifest themselves in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life, so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among the variegated objects of Your creation.

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