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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 2]
TEXT 28
त्वमेक एवास्य सतः प्रह्नति- 
  स्त्वं सन्निधानं त्वमनुग्रहश्च । 
  त्वन्मायया संवृतचेतसस्त्वां 
  पश्यन्ति नाना न विपश्चितो ये ॥२८॥
tvam eka evāsya sataḥ prasūtis 
  tvam sannidhānam tvam anugrahaś ca 
  tvan-māyayā samvṛta-cetasas tvām 
  paśyanti nānā na vipaścito ye
tvam —You (O Lord);  ekaḥ —being one without a second, You are everything;  eva —indeed;  asya sataḥ —of this cosmic manifestation now visible;  prasūtiḥ —the original source;  tvam —Your Lordship;  sannidhānam —the conservation of all such energy when everything is annihilated;  tvam —Your Lordship;  anugrahaḥ ca —and the maintainer;  tvat-māyayā —by Your illusory, external energy;  samvṛta-cetasaḥ —those whose intelligence is covered by such illusory energy;  tvām —unto You;  paśyanti —observe;  nānā —many varieties;  na —not;  vipaścitaḥ —learned scholars or devotees;  ye —who are.
TRANSLATION
The efficient cause of this material world, manifested with its many varieties as the original tree, is You, O Lord. You are also the maintainer of this material world, and after annihilation You are the one in whom everything is conserved. Those who are covered by Your external energy cannot see You behind this manifestation, but theirs is not the vision of learned devotees.
PURPORT
Various demigods, beginning from Lord Brahmā, Lord Śiva and even Viṣṇu, are supposed to be the creator, maintainer and annihilator of this material world, but actually they are not. The fact is that everything is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, manifested in varieties of energy.  Ekam evādvitiyam brahma . There is no second existence. Those who are