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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.10.30

अत: परं प्रवक्ष्यामि वंशान्मन्वन्तराणि च । एवं रज:प्लुत: स्रष्टा कल्पादिष्वात्मभूर्हरि: । सृजत्यमोघसङ्कल्प आत्मैवात्मानमात्मना ॥ ३० ॥
ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi
[atah param pravakshyaami]
vaṁśān manvantarāṇi ca
[vamshaan manvantaraani cha]
evaṁ rajaḥ-plutaḥ sraṣṭā
[evam rajah-plutah srashtaa]
kalpādiṣv ātmabhūr hariḥ
[kalpaadishv aatmabhoor harih]
sṛjaty amogha-saṅkalpa
[srijaty amogha-sankalpa]
ātmaivātmānam ātmanā
[aatmaivaatmaanam aatmanaa]
Word-for-word
ataḥ — here param — after pravakṣyāmi — I shall explain vaṁśān — descendants manvantarāṇi — different advents of Manus ca — and evam — thus rajaḥ-plutaḥ — infused with the mode of passion sraṣṭā — the creator kalpa-ādiṣu — in different millenniums ātma-bhūḥ — self-advent hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead sṛjati — creates amogha — unfailing saṅkalpaḥ — determination ātmā eva — He Himself ātmānam — Himself ātmanā — by His own energy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ataḥ paraṁ pravakṣyāmi
ataḥ
here
param
after
pravakṣyāmi
I shall explain
vaṁśān manvantarāṇi ca
vaṁśān
descendants
manvantarāṇi
different advents of Manus
ca
and
evaṁ rajaḥ-plutaḥ sraṣṭā
evam
thus
rajaḥ-plutaḥ
infused with the mode of passion
sraṣṭā
the creator
kalpādiṣv ātmabhūr hariḥ
kalpa-ādiṣu
in different millenniums
ātma-bhūḥ
self-advent
hariḥ
the Personality of Godhead
sṛjaty amogha-saṅkalpa
sṛjati
creates
amogha
unfailing
saṅkalpaḥ
determination
ātmaivātmānam ātmanā
ātmā eva
He Himself
ātmānam
Himself
ātmanā
by His own energy.
Now I shall describe the descendants of the Manus. The creator, Brahmā, as the incarnation of the passion mode of the Personality of Godhead, creates the universal affairs with unfailing desires in every millennium by the force of the Lord’s energy.
Purport

The cosmic manifestation is an expansion of one of the many energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; the creator and the created are both emanations of the same Supreme Truth, as stated in the beginning of the Bhāgavatam: janmādy asya yataḥ.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Third Canto, Tenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Divisions of the Creation.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will now describe the dynasties and the Manvantaras, periods of Manus. The Supreme Lord, Paramātmā, becoming the creator Brahmā, with unfailing determination, creates himself in another form (effects) by his own energy. Ātmabhūr hariḥ means “the Supreme Lord, becoming Brahmā.” Thus ends the commentary on Tenth Chapter of the Third Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Eleven Description of Time
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Personal Guidance
The scale of the creation in this verse is not given to overwhelm us but to right-size us. Most of our anxiety shrinks when our self-importance shrinks. The verse keeps returning to Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Reflection Questions
  • What would change in your prayer if you remembered how small your sphere actually is?
  • Which 'cosmic' problem are you trying to solve when your actual task is just to play your small part well?
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