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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 20]
ye marīcy ādayo viprā 
  yas tu svāyambhuvo manuḥ 
  te vai brahmaṇa ādeśāt 
  katham etad abhāvayan
ye—those; marīci-ādayaḥ—great sages headed by Marīci; viprāḥ—brāhmaṇas; yaḥ—who; tu—indeed; svāyambhuvaḥ manuḥ—and Svāyambhuva Manu; te—they; vai—indeed; brahmaṇaḥ—of Lord Brahmā; ādeśāt—by the order; katham—how; etat—this universe; abhāvayan—evolved.
TRANSLATION
Vidura inquired: How did the prajāpatis [such progenitors of living entities as Marīci and Svāyambhuva Manu] create according to the instruction of Brahmā, and how did they evolve this manifested universe?
TEXT 11
सद्वितीयाः किमसृजन् स्वतन्त्रा उत कर्मसु । 
  आहोस्वित्संहताः सर्वं इदं स्म समकल्पयन् ॥११॥
sa-dvitīyāḥ kim asrjan 
  svatantrā uta karmasu 
  āho svit saṁhatāḥ sarva 
  idam sma samakalpayan
sa-dvitīyāḥ—with their wives; kim—whether; asrjan—created; sva-tantrāḥ—remaining independent; uta—or; karmasu—in their actions; āho svit—or else; saṁhatāḥ—jointly; sarva—all the prajāpatis; idam—this; sma samakalpayan—produced.
TRANSLATION
Did they evolve the creation in conjunction with their respective wives, did they remain independent in their action, or did they all jointly produce it?
TEXT 12
मैत्रेय उवाच
दैवेन दुर्वितक्येण परेणानिमिषेण च । 
  जातक्षोभाद्भगवतो महानासीद् गुणत्रयात् ॥१२॥