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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 10]
nature. Such differential manifestations of the living energies are conditional states of the living entities. The liberated living entities, however, in the  sanātana  or eternal manifestation, are unconditionally surrendered souls, and therefore they are not subject to the conditions of creation and annihilation. So this creation takes place by the glance of the Lord from His bedstead of mystic slumber. And thus all the universes and the lord of the universe, Brahmā, are again and again manifested and annihilated.
TEXT 14
अधिदैवमथाध्यात्ममधिभूतमिति प्रभुः । अथैकं पौरुषं वीर्यं त्रिधाभिघत तच्छृणु ॥१४॥
adhidaivam athādhyātmam adhibhūtam iti prabhuḥ athaikam pauruṣam vīryam tridhābhidyata tac chṛṇu
adhidaivam—the controlling entities; atha—now; adhyātmam—the controlled entities; adhibhūtam—the material bodies; iti—thus; prabhuḥ—the Lord; atha—in this way; ekam—one only; pauruṣam—of His Lordship; vīryam—potency; tridhā—in three; abhidyata—divided; tat—that; śṛṇu—just hear from me.
TRANSLATION
Just hear from me how the potency of His Lordship divides one into three, called by the names controlling entities, controlled entities and the material bodies, in the manner mentioned above.
TEXT 15
अन्तःशरीर आकाशात् पुरुषस्य विचेष्टतः । ओजः सहो बलं जङ्गे ततः प्राणो महानसुः ॥१५॥
antaḥ śarīra ākāśāt puruṣasya viceṣṭataḥ ojaḥ saho balam jajñe tataḥ prāṇo mahān asuḥ