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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 3]
nāyaṁ guṇaḥ karma na san na cāsan niṣedha-śeṣo jayatād aśeṣaḥ
yasya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who; brahma-ādayaḥ—the great demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā; devāḥ—and other demigods; vedāḥ—the Vedic knowledge; lokāḥ—different personalities; cara-acarāḥ—the moving and the nonmoving (like trees and plants); nāma-rūpa—of different names and different forms; vibhedena—by such divisions; phalgvyā—who are less important; ca—also; kalayā—by the parts; kṛtāḥ—created; yathā—as; arciṣaḥ—the sparks; agneḥ—of fire; savituḥ—from the sun; gabhastayaḥ—the shining particles; niryānti—emanate from; saṁyānti—and enter into; asakṛt—again and again; sva-rociṣaḥ—as parts and parcels; tathā—similarly; yataḥ—the Personality of Godhead from whom; ayam—this; guṇa-sampravāhaḥ—continuous manifestation of the different modes of nature; buddhiḥ manaḥ—the intelligence and mind; khāni—the senses; śarīra—of the body (gross and subtle); sargāḥ—the divisions; saḥ—that Supreme Personality of Godhead; vai—indeed; na—is not; deva—demigod; asura—demon; martya—human being; tiryak—bird or beast; na—neither; strī—woman; na—nor; ṣaṇḍaḥ—neuter; na—neither; pumān—man; na—nor; jantuḥ—living being or animal; na ayam—nor is He; guṇaḥ—material quality; karma—fruitive activity; na—is not; sat—manifestation; na—nor; ca—also; asat—nonmanifestation; niṣedha—of the discrimination of neti neti (“not this, not this”); śeṣaḥ—He is the end; jayatāt—all glories unto Him; aśeṣaḥ—who is unlimited.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts and parcels, the jīva-tattva, beginning with Lord Brahmā, the demigods and the expansions of Vedic knowledge [Śāma, Rg, Yajur and Atharva] and including all other living entities, moving and nonmoving, with their different names and characteristics. As the sparks of a fire or the shining rays of the sun emanate from their source and merge into it again and again, the mind, the intelligence, the senses, the gross and subtle material bodies, and the continuous transformations of the different modes of nature all