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  "name":"SB 3.5.22",
  "h1":"SB 3.5.22",
  "label":"Text 22",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.5.22",
  "description":"I shall therefore describe to you the pastimes by which the Personality of Godhead extends His transcendental potency for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world as they occur one after another."

} —

SB 3.5.22

अथ ते भगवल्लीला योगमायोरुबृंहिताः ।
विश्वस्थित्युद्भवान्तार्था वर्णयाम्यनुपूर्वशः ॥२२॥

Text

atha te bhagaval-līlā
yoga-māyorubṛṁhitāḥ
viśva-sthity-udbhavāntārthā
varṇayāmy anupūrvaśaḥ

Synonyms

atha—therefore; te—unto you; bhagavat—pertaining to the Personality of Godhead; līlāḥ—pastimes; yoga-māyā—energy of the Lord; uru—greatly; bṛṁhitāḥ—extended by; viśva—of the cosmic world; sthiti—maintenance; udbhava—creation; anta—dissolution; arthāḥ—purpose; varṇayāmi—I shall describe; anupūrvaśaḥ—systematically.

Translation

I shall therefore describe to you the pastimes by which the Personality of Godhead extends His transcendental potency for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world as they occur one after another.

Purport

The omnipotent Lord, by His different energies, can perform anything and everything He likes. The creation of the cosmic world is done by His yogamāyā energy.