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Vidura's Talks with Maitreya
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atha te bhagaval-līlā yogamāyoru-bṛṁhitāḥ viśva-sthity-udbhavāntārthā varṇayāmy anupūrvaśaḥ
atha —therefore;  te —unto you;  bhagaval —pertaining to the Personality of Godhead;  līlāḥ —pastimes;  yoga-māyā —energy of the Lord;  uru —greatly;  bṛṁhatāḥ —extended by;  viśva —of the cosmic world;  sthiti —maintenance;  udbhava —creation;  anta —dissolution;  arthāḥ —purpose;  varṇayāmi —I shall describe;  anupūrvaśaḥ —systematically.
TRANSLATION
I shall therefore describe to you the pastimes by which the Personality of Godhead extends His transcendental potency for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world as they occur one after another.
PURPORT
The omnipotent Lord, by His different energies, can perform anything and everything He likes. The creation of the cosmic world is done by His  yoga-māyā  energy.
TEXT 23
भगवानेक आसेदमग्र आत्माऽऽत्मनां विभुः । आत्मेच्छानुगतावात्मा नानामत्युपलक्षणः ॥२३॥
bhagavān eka āsedam agra ātmātmanāṁ vibhuḥ ātmecchānugatāv ātmā nānāmaty-upalakṣaṇaḥ
bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  ekaḥ —one without a second;  āsa —was there;  idam —this creation;  agre —prior to the creation;  ātmā —in His own form;  ātmanām —of the living entities;  vibhuḥ —master;  ātmā —Self;  icchā —desire;  anugatau —being merged in;  ātmā —Self;  nānāmati —different vision;  upalakṣaṇaḥ —symptoms.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead, who is the master of all living entities, existed prior to the creation as one without a second. It is by His will only