Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 2.4.9

yathā guṇāḿs tu prakṛter

yugapat kramaśo 'pi vā

bibharti bhūriśas tv ekaḥ

kurvan karmāṇi janmabhiḥ

SYNONYMS

yathā — as they are; guṇān — the modes of; tu — but; prakṛteḥ — of the material energy; yugapat — simultaneously; kramaśaḥ — gradually; api — also; vā — either; bibharti — maintains; bhūriśaḥ — many forms; tu — but; ekaḥ — the supreme one; kurvan — acting; karmāṇi — activities; janmabhiḥ — by 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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