Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.12
"One should definitely know that all material ingredients, activities, time and modes, and the living entities who are meant to enjoy them all, exist by His mercy only, and as soon as He does not care for them, everything becomes nonexistent." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.33-34
"Thus by all this, the external feature of the Personality of Godhead is covered by gross forms such as those of planets, which were explained to you by me." "Therefore beyond this [gross manifestation] is a transcendental manifestation finer than the finest form. It has no beginning, no intermediate stage and no end; therefore it is beyond the limits of expression or mental speculation and is distinct from the material conception." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/33 & https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/34
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.36
"He, the Personality of Godhead, manifests Himself in a transcendental form, being the subject of His transcendental name, quality, pastimes, entourage and transcendental variegatedness. Although He is unaffected by all such activities, He appears to be so engaged." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/36
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.45
"There is no direct engineering by the Lord for the creation and destruction of the material world. What is described in the Vedas about His direct interference is simply to counteract the idea that material nature is the creator." https://vedy.online/en/sb2/10/45
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.2.15
"The Personality of Godhead, the all-compassionate controller of both the spiritual and material creations, is unborn, but when there is friction between His peaceful devotees and persons who are in the material modes of nature, He takes birth just like fire, accompanied by the mahat-tattva." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/2/15
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.3
"O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/3
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.6
"He lies down on His own heart spread in the form of the sky, and thus placing the whole creation in that space, He expands Himself into many living entities, which are manifested as different species of life. He does not have to endeavor for His maintenance, because He is the master of all mystic powers and the proprietor of everything. Thus He is distinct from the living entities." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/6
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.8
"The Supreme King of all kings has created different planets and places of habitation where living entities are situated in terms of the modes of nature and work, and He has created their different kings and rulers." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/8
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.23-24
"The Personality of Godhead, the master of all living entities, existed prior to the creation as one without a second. It is by His will only that creation is made possible and again everything merges in Him. This Supreme Self is symptomized by different names." "The Lord, the undisputed proprietor of everything, was the only seer. The cosmic manifestation was not present at that time, and thus He felt imperfect without His plenary and separated parts and parcels. The material energy was dormant, whereas the internal potency was manifested." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/23 & https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/24
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.25
"The Lord is the seer, and the external energy, which is seen, works as both cause and effect in the cosmic manifestation. O greatly fortunate Vidura, this external energy is known as māyā or illusion, and through her agency only is the entire material manifestation made possible." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/25
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.26
"The Supreme Living Being in His feature as the transcendental puruṣa incarnation, who is the Lord’s plenary expansion, impregnates the material nature of three modes, and thus by the influence of eternal time the living entities appear." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.40
"O Father, O Lord, O Personality of Godhead, the living entities in the material world can never have any happiness because they are overwhelmed by the three kinds of miseries. Therefore they take shelter of the shade of Your lotus feet, which are full of knowledge, and we also thus take shelter of them." https://vedy.online/en/sb3/5/40