TEXT 27
yathatma-maya-yogena
nana-sakty-upabrmhitam
vilumpan visrjan grhnan
bibhrad atmanam atmana
SYNONYMS
yathaas much as; atmaown; mayapotency; yogenaby combination; nanavarious; saktienergy; upabrmhitamby combination and permutation; vilumpanin the matter of annihilation; visrjanin the matter of generation; grhnanin the matter of acceptance; bibhratin the matter of maintenance; atmanamown self; atmanaby the self.
TRANSLATION
And [please inform me] how You, by Your own Self, manifest different energies for annihilation, generation, acceptance and maintenance by combination and permutation.
PURPORT
The whole manifestation is the Lord Himself by diffusion of His different energies only, namely the internal, external and marginal, just as the sunlight is the manifestation of the energy of the sun planet. Such energy is simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, just as the sunshine is simultaneously one with and different from the sun planet. The energies are acting by combination and permutation by the indication of the Lord, and the acting agents, like Brahma, Visnu and Siva, are also different incarnations of the Lord. In other words, there is nothing but the Lord, and still the Lord is different from all such manifestive activities. How it is so will be explained later on.

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