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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 7]
tiryaṅ-mānuṣa-devānām sarīṣṛpa-patattriṇām vada naḥ sarga-saṁvyūhaṁ gārbha-sveda-dvijodbhidām
tiryaṅ—subhuman; mānuṣa—human beings; devānām—●f the superhuman beings ●r demig●ds; sarīṣṛpa—reptiles; patattriṇām—●f the birds; vada—kindly describe; naḥ—unt● me; sarga—generati●n; saṁvyūhaṁ—specific divisi●ns; gārbha—embry●nic; sveda—perspirati●n; dvija—twice-b●rn; udbhidām—planets, etc.
TRANSLATION
Also please describe the living beings under different classifications: subhumans, humans, those born of the embryo, those born of perspiration, those who are twice born [birds], and the plants and vegetables. Kindly describe their generations and subdivisions also.
TEXT 28
गुणावतारैर्विश्वस्य सर्गस्थित्यप्यथाश्रयम् । सृजतः श्रीनिवासस्य व्याचक्षोदाररिक्रमम् ॥२८॥
guṇāvatārair viśvasya sarga-sthity-apyayāśrayam sṛjataḥ śrīnivāsasya vyācakṣvodāra-vikramam
guṇa—m●des ●f material nature; avatāraiḥ—●f the incarnati●ns; viśvasya—●f the universe; sarga—creati●n; stithi—maintenance; apyaya—destructi●n; āśrayam—and ultimate rest; sṛjataḥ—●f the ●ne wh● creates; śrīnivāsasya—●f the Pers●nality ●f G●dhead; vyācakṣva—kindly describe; udāra—magnanimous; vikramam—specific activities.
TRANSLATION
Please also describe the incarnations of the material modes of nature—Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara—and please describe the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His magnanimous activities.
PURPORT
Although the three incarnati●ns ●f the material m●des ●f nature, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, are the principal deities f●r the creati●n,