Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.24.20
సర్గః ప్రవర్తతే తావత్ పౌర్వాపర్యేణ నిత్యశః ।
మహాన్ గుణవిసర్గార్థః స్థిత్యన్తో యావదీక్షణమ్ ॥ ౨౦ ॥
sargaḥ pravartate tāvat
[sargah pravartate taavat]
paurvāparyeṇa nityaśaḥ
[paurvaaparyena nityashah]
mahān guṇa-visargārthaḥ
[mahaan guna-visargaarthah]
sthity-anto yāvad īkṣaṇam
[sthity-anto yaavad eekshanam]
Word-for-word
sargaḥ
—
the creation
pravartate
—
continues to exist
tāvat
—
to that extent
paurva-aparyeṇa
—
in the form of parents and children
nityaśaḥ
—
perpetually
mahān
—
bountiful
guṇa-visarga
—
of the variegated manifestation of the material modes
arthaḥ
—
for the purpose
sthiti-antaḥ
—
until the end of its maintenance
yāvat
—
as long as
īkṣaṇam
—
the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sargaḥ pravartate tāvat
sargaḥ
the creation
pravartate
continues to exist
tāvat
to that extent
paurvāparyeṇa nityaśaḥ
paurva-aparyeṇa
in the form of parents and children
nityaśaḥ
perpetually
mahān guṇa-visargārthaḥ
mahān
bountiful
guṇa-visarga
of the variegated manifestation of the material modes
arthaḥ
for the purpose
sthity-anto yāvad īkṣaṇam
sthiti-antaḥ
until the end of its maintenance
yāvat
as long as
īkṣaṇam
the glance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
As long as the Supreme Personality of Godhead continues to glance upon nature, the material world continues to exist, perpetually manifesting through procreation the great and variegated flow of universal creation.
Purport
Although the mahat-tattva, impelled by the force of time, is the ingredient cause of this world, it is clearly explained here that the Supreme Lord is personally the only ultimate cause of all that exists. Time and nature are powerless to act without the glance of the Personality of Godhead. He creates unlimited material variety for the sense gratification of the conditioned souls, who try to enjoy life as the children of particular parents and as the parents of particular children, throughout the 8,400,000 species of life.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
As long as the Supreme Lord continues to glance upon prakṛti, the vast material world continues to exist during the period of maintenance, perpetually manifesting through continuous generations for the jīvas’ enjoyment in various bodies.
How long does the creation last? It lasts for the period of maintenance. The multifarious creation with unbroken continuity of generations (paurvāparyena) for the enjoyment of the jīva (arthaḥ) through creation of various bodies (guṇa-visarga) lasts till the end of maintenance or protection by the Lord. When is that end? It lasts as long as the Lord glances, as long as he is desires to protect it.
My note
Source: vedabase.io