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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 6]
eka eva paro hy ātmā bhagavān īśvaro 'vyayaḥ
pratyag-ātma-svarūpeṇa dṛśya-rūpeṇa ca svayam vyāpya-vyāpaka-nirdeśyo hy anirdeśyo 'vikalpitaḥ
kevalānubhavānanda- svarūpaḥ parameśvaraḥ māyayāntarhitaiśvarya īyate guṇa-sargayā
para-avareṣu—in exalted or hellish conditions of life; bhūteṣu—in the living beings; brahma-anta—ending with Lord Brahmā; sthāvara-ādiṣu—beginning with the nonmoving forms of life, the trees and plants; bhautikeṣu—of the material elements; vikāreṣu—in the transformations; bhūteṣu—in the five gross elements of material nature; atha—moreover; mahatsu—in the mahat-tattva, the total material energy; ca—also; guṇeṣu—in the modes of material nature; guṇa-sāmye—in an equilibrium of material qualities; ca—and; guṇa-vyatikare—in the uneven manifestation of the modes of material nature; tathā—as well; ekaḥ—one; eva—only; paraḥ—transcendental; hi—indeed; ātmā—the original source; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; īśvaraḥ—the controller; avyayaḥ—without deteriorating; pratyak—inner; ātma-svarūpeṇa—by His original constitutional position as the Supersoul; dṛśya-rūpeṇa—by His visible forms; ca—also; svayam—personally; vyāpya—pervaded; vyāpaka—all-pervading; nirdeśyaḥ—to be described; hi—certainly; anirdeśyaḥ—not to be described (because of fine, subtle existence); avikalpitaḥ—without differentiation; kevala—only; anubhava-ānanda-svarūpaḥ—whose form is blissful and full of knowledge; parama-īśvaraḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme ruler; māyayā—by māyā, the illusory energy; antarhita—covered; aiśvaryaḥ—whose unlimited opulence; īyate—is mistaken as; guṇa-sargayā—the interaction of the material modes of nature.