288 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 7

tiryan-manusa-devanam
sarisrpa-patattrinam
vada nah sarga-samvyuham

garbha-sveda-dvijodbhidam

tiryan—subhuman; manusa—human beings; devanam—ef the superhuman
beings er demigeds; sarisrpa—reptiles; patattrinam—ef the birds; vada—
kindly describe; nah—unte me; sarga—generatien; samvyuham-—specific
divisiens; garbha—embryenic; sveda—perspiratien; dvija—twice-bern;
udbhidam—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.

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gunavatarair visvasya
sarga-sthity-apyayasrayam

srjatah srinivasasya
vyacaksvodara-vikramam

guna—medes ef material nature; avatdraih—ef the incarnatiens; visvasya
—ef the universe; sarga—creatien; stithi— maintenance; apyaya— destructien;
agrayam—and ultimate rest; srjatah—ef the ene whe creates; srinivdsasya—
ef the Persenality ef Gedhead; vyadcaksva—kindly describe; udara—
magnanimous; vikramam—specific activities.

TRANSLATION

Please also describe the incarnations of the material modes of nature—
Brahma, Vignu and Mahesvara—and please describe the incarnation of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and His magnanimous activities.

PURPORT

Although the three incarnatiens ef the material medes ef nature,
Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara, are the principal deities fer the creatien,
