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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.2

యద్రూపం యదధిష్ఠానం యత: సృష్టమిదం ప్రభో । యత్సంస్థం యత్పరం యచ్చ తత్ తత్త్వం వద తత్త్వత: ॥ ౨ ॥
yad rūpaṁ yad adhiṣṭhānaṁ
[yad roopam yad adhishthaanam]
yataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṁ prabho
[yatah srishtam idam prabho]
yat saṁsthaṁ yat paraṁ yac ca
[yat samstham yat param yach cha]
tat tattvaṁ vada tattvataḥ
[tat tattvam vada tattvatah]
yat — what rūpam — the symptoms of manifestation yat — what adhiṣṭhānam — background yataḥ — from where sṛṣṭam — created idam — this world prabho — O my father yat — in which saṁstham — conserved yat — what param — under control yat — what are ca — and tat — of this tattvam — the symptoms vada — please describe tattvataḥ — factually.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad rūpaṁ yad adhiṣṭhānaṁ
yat
what
rūpam
the symptoms of manifestation
yat
what
adhiṣṭhānam
background
yataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṁ prabho
yataḥ
from where
sṛṣṭam
created
idam
this world
prabho
O my father
yat saṁsthaṁ yat paraṁ yac ca
yat
in which
saṁstham
conserved
yat
what
param
under control
yat
what are
ca
and
tat tattvaṁ vada tattvataḥ
tat
of this
tattvam
the symptoms
vada
please describe
tattvataḥ
factually.
My dear father, please describe factually the symptoms of this manifest world. What is its background? How is it created? How is it conserved? And under whose control is all this being done?

The inquiries by Nārada Muni on the basis of factual cause and effect appear very reasonable. The atheists, however, put forward many self-made theories without any touch of cause and effect. The manifested world, as well as the spirit soul, is still unexplained by the godless atheists through the medium of experimental knowledge, although they have put forward many theories manufactured by their fertile brains. Contrary to such mental speculative theories of creation, however, Nārada Muni wanted to know all the facts of creation in truth, and not by theories.

Transcendental knowledge regarding the soul and the Supersoul includes knowledge of the phenomenal world and the basis of its creation. In the phenomenal world three things are factually observed by any intelligent man: the living beings, the manifest world, and the ultimate control over them. The intelligent man can see that neither the living entity nor the phenomenal world are creations of chance. The symmetry of creation and its regulative actions and reactions suggests the plan of an intelligent brain behind them, and by genuine inquiry one may find out the ultimate cause with the help of one who knows them factually.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Please explain the truth about the characteristics of the universe, its shelter, the process by which it was created, into what it merges at destruction, on what it is dependent, and of what it is composed.
Commentary

Speak the truth about this universe (idam) its characteristics (rūpam), its shelter (adhiṣṭhānām), by what ingredients it is created, in what it merges at destruction (yat saṁstham), upon what it depends (yat param), what it is made of (yac ca).

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