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Srīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 6]
The one is Lord Vāsudeva, and by His different energies and expansions only, different manifestations, both in the material and in the spiritual worlds, are maintained. In the material world also, Lord Vāsudeva is everything, as is stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 7.19):  vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti , everything is Vāsudeva only. In the Vedic hymns also the same Vāsudeva is held to be supreme. It is said in the  Vedas ,  vāsudevāt paro brahman na cānyo'rtho'ti tattvata : in fact there is no greater truth than Vāsudeva. And Lord Kṛṣṇa affirms the same truth in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 7.7),  mattaḥ parataraṁ nānyati : there is nothing above Me (Lord Kṛṣṇa). So the conception of oneness, as is overly stressed by the impersonalist, is also accepted by the personalist devotee of the Lord. The difference is that the impersonalist denies personality in the ultimate issue, whereas the devotee gives more importance to the Personality of Godhead.  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  explains this truth in the verse under discussion: Lord Vāsudeva is one without a second, but because He is all-powerful, He can expand Himself as well as display His omnipotencies. The Lord is described here as omnipotent by three energies ( tri-śakti-dhṛk ). So primarily His three energies are internal, marginal, and external. This external energy is also displayed in the three modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Similarly, the internal potency is also displayed in three spiritual modes,  saṁvit ,  sandhinī , and  hlādinī . The marginal potency or the living entities are also spiritual ( prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām ), but they are never equal with the Lord. The Lord is  nirasta sāmya atiśaya ; in other words, no one is greater than or equal to the Supreme Lord. So the living entities, including even such great personalities as Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, are all subordinate to the Lord. In the material world also, in His eternal form of Viṣṇu, He maintains and controls all the affairs of the demigods, including Brahmā and Śiva.
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इति तेऽभिहितं तात यथेदमनुपृच्छसि ।
नान्यद्भगवतः किञ्चिद्भाव्यं सदसदात्मकम् ॥३३॥
iti te'bhihitaṁ tāta yathedam anuprecchasi nānyad bhagavataḥ kiñcid bhāvyaṁ sad-asad-ātmakam