CHAPTER THREE
Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
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सूत उवाच
जगृहे पौरुषं रूपं भगवान्महदादिभिः । सम्भूतं षोडशकलमादौ लोकसिमृक्षया ॥ १ ॥
sūta uvāca
jagṛhe pauruṣam rūpam
bhagavān mahad-ādibhiḥ
sambhūtam ṣoḍaśa-kalam
ādau loka-siṣṛkṣayā
sūtaḥ uvāca —Sūta said;  jagṛhe —accepted;  pauruṣam —plenary portion as the  puruṣa  incarnation;  rūpam —form;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  mahat-ādibhiḥ —with the ingredients of the material world;  sambhūtam —thus there was the creation of;  ṣoḍaśa-kalam —sixteen primary principles;  ādau —in the beginning;  loka —the universes;  siṣṛkṣayā —on the intention of creating.
TRANSLATION
Sūta said: In the beginning of the creation, the Lord first expanded Himself in the universal form of the  pruṣa  incarnation and manifested all the ingredients for the material creation. And thus at first there was the creation of the sixteen principles of material action. This was for the purpose of creating the material universe.
PURPORT
The  Bhagavad-gītā  states that the Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa maintains these material universes by extending His plenary expansions.
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