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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.1.8

परावरेषां भूतानामात्मा य: पुरुष: पर: । स एवासीदिदं विश्वं कल्पान्तेऽन्यन्न किञ्चन ॥ ८ ॥
parāvareṣāṁ bhūtānām
[paraavareshaam bhootaanaam]
ātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
[aatmaa yah purushah parah]
sa evāsīd idaṁ viśvaṁ
[sa evaaseed idam vishvam]
kalpānte ’nyan na kiñcana
[kalpaante ’nyan na kinchana]
Word-for-word
para-avareṣām — of all living entities, in higher or lower statuses of life bhūtānām — of those who have taken material bodies (the conditioned souls) ātmā — the Supersoul yaḥ — one who is puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Person paraḥ — transcendental saḥ — He eva — indeed āsīt — was existing idam — this viśvam — universe kalpa-ante — at the end of the millennium anyat — anything else na — not kiñcana — anything whatsoever.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
parāvareṣāṁ bhūtānām
para-avareṣām
of all living entities, in higher or lower statuses of life
bhūtānām
of those who have taken material bodies (the conditioned souls)
ātmā yaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
ātmā
the Supersoul
yaḥ
one who is
puruṣaḥ
the Supreme Person
paraḥ
transcendental
sa evāsīd idaṁ viśvaṁ
saḥ
He
eva
indeed
āsīt
was existing
idam
this
viśvam
universe
kalpānte ’nyan na kiñcana
kalpa-ante
at the end of the millennium
anyat
anything else
na
not
kiñcana
anything whatsoever.
The transcendental Supreme Person, the Supersoul of all living entities, who are in different statuses of life, high and low, existed at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos nor anything else but Him existed.
Purport

Taking the proper position from which to describe the dynasty of Manu, Śukadeva Gosvāmī begins by saying that when the entire world is inundated, only the Supreme Personality of Godhead exists, and nothing else. Śukadeva Gosvāmī will now describe how the Lord creates other things, one after another.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Person, the soul of all superior and inferior beings, existed at the end of the millennium, when neither this manifested cosmos nor anything else but him existed. In order to understand the topic, he relates in five verses the dynasty of Manu from the beginning of creation, bringing in topics already spoken.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Before time and matter, only the Supreme Person existed — and He still does, as the Supersoul of every being. Behind every story lies the One who never stopped being.
Reflection Questions
  • When I trace my life back, do I terminate at parents and circumstances, or at the puruṣa from whom even those came?
  • What changes today if I remember that the Lord is the witness within me as I act?
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