Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.4.26
"Just as clouds in the sky come into being and are then dispersed by the amalgamation and dissolution of their constituent elements, this material universe is created and destroyed within the Absolute Truth by the amalgamation and dissolution of its elemental, constituent parts." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/4/26
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.12
"The secondary creation, which exists by the mercy of the Lord, is the manifest amalgamation of the desires of the living entities. Just as a seed produces additional seeds, activities that promote material desires in the performer produce moving and nonmoving life forms." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/7/12
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.14
"In each age, the infallible Lord appears in this world among the animals, human beings, sages and demigods. By His activities in these incarnations He protects the universe and kills the enemies of Vedic culture." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/7/14
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.7.17
"There are four types of cosmic annihilation — occasional, elemental, continuous and ultimate — all of which are effected by the inherent potency of the Supreme Lord. Learned scholars have designated this topic dissolution." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/7/17
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.11.5
"The universal form [virāṭ] of the Personality of Godhead includes the nine basic elements of creation, starting with the unmanifest nature, and their subsequent transformations. Once this universal form is instilled with consciousness, the three planetary systems become visible within it." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/11/5
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.11.29-30
"Sūta Gosvāmī said: The sun travels among all the planets and thus regulates their movements. It has been created by Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Soul of all embodied beings, through His beginningless material energy." "The sun-god, being nondifferent from Lord Hari, is the one soul of all the worlds and their original creator. He is the source of all the ritualistic activities prescribed in the Vedas and has been given many names by the Vedic sages." https://vedy.online/en/sb12/11/29 & https://vedy.online/en/sb12/11/30
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 1.53
"“Prior to the cosmic creation, only I exist, and no phenomena exist, either gross, subtle or primordial. After creation, only I exist in everything, and after annihilation, only I remain eternally." Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.53
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 1.55
"“As the material elements enter the bodies of all living beings and yet remain outside them all, I exist within all material creations and yet am not within them." Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 1.55
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 2.14
"“I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form is the impersonal Brahman, which is absolute, complete and unlimited and which displays the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes.”" Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 2.14
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 5.65-69
"The first puruṣa casts His glance at māyā from a distance, and thus He impregnates her with the seed of life in the form of the living entities." "The reflected rays of His body mix with māyā, and thus māyā gives birth to myriad universes." "The puruṣa enters each and every one of the countless universes. He manifests Himself in as many separate forms as there are universes." "When the puruṣa exhales, the universes are manifested with each outward breath." "Thereafter, when He inhales, all the universes again enter His body." Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 5.65 & 66 & 67 & 68 & 69
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 5.84
"“In the beginning of the creation, the Lord expanded Himself in the form of the puruṣa incarnation, accompanied by all the ingredients of material creation. First He created the sixteen principal energies suitable for creation. This was for the purpose of manifesting the material universes.”" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 5.84
Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta - Ādi-līlā 7.124-127
"“The Supreme Personality of Godhead is opulent in all respects. Therefore by His inconceivable energies He has transformed the material cosmic manifestation." "“Using the example of a touchstone, which by its energy turns iron to gold and yet remains the same, we can understand that although the Supreme Personality of Godhead transforms His innumerable energies, He remains unchanged." "“Although a touchstone produces many varieties of valuable jewels, it nevertheless remains the same. It does not change its original form." "“If there is such inconceivable potency in material objects, why should we not believe in the inconceivable potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead?" Śrī caitanya-caritāmṛta Ādi 7.124 & 125 & 126 & 127