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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 1]
dharā-maṇḍala-saṁsthānaṁ bhāga-lakṣaṇa-mānataḥ jyotiṣāṁ vivarāṇāṁ ca yathedam asrjad vibhuḥ
priyavrata —of Priyavrata;  uttānapadoḥ —and of Uttānapāda;  vaṁ-śaḥ —the dynasty;  tat-caritāni —their characteristics;  ca —also;  dvīpa —different planets;  varṣa —lands;  samudra —oceans and seas;  adri —mountains;  nadī —rivers;  udyāna —gardens;  vanaspatīn —and trees;  dharā-maṇḍala —of the planet earth;  saṁsthānam —situation;  bhāga —according to divisions;  lakṣaṇa —different symptoms;  mānataḥ —and measurements;  jyotiṣām —of the sun and other luminaries;  vivarāṇām —of the lower planetary systems;  ca —and;  yathā —as;  idam —this;  asrjat —created;  vibhuḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
My dear lord, you have described the dynasties and characteristics of King Priyavrata and King Uttānapāda. The Supreme Personality of Godhead created this material world with various universes, planetary systems, planets and stars, with varied lands, seas, oceans, mountains, rivers, gardens and trees, all with different characteristics. These are divided among this planet earth, the luminaries in the sky and the lower planetary systems. You have very clearly described these planets and the living entities who live on them.
PURPORT
Here the words  yathedam asrjad vibhuḥ  clearly indicate that the Supreme, the great, almighty Personality of Godhead, created this entire material world with its different varieties of planets, stars and so forth. Atheists try to conceal the hand of God, which is present in every creation, but they cannot explain how all these creations could come into existence without a competent intelligence and almighty power behind them. Simply to imagine or speculate is a waste of time. In  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.8), the Lord says,  ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavo : “I am the origin of