यथा गुणांस्तु प्रकृतेर् युगपत्क्रमशो ऽपि वा ।
बिभर्ति भूरिशस्त्वेकः कुर्वन्कर्माणि जन्मभिः ॥ ९ ॥
bibharti bhurisas tv ekah
yatha-as they are; gunan-the modes of; tu-but; prakrteh-of the material energy; yugapat-simultaneously; kramasah-gradually; api-also; va-either; bibharti-maintains; bhurisah-many forms; tu-but; ekah-the supreme one; kurvan-acting; karmani-activities; janmabhih-by incarnations.
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.