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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.9.46

యదుతాహం త్వయా పృష్టో వైరాజాత్ పురుషాదిదమ్ । యథాసీత్తదుపాఖ్యాస్తే ప్రశ్నానన్యాంశ్చ కృత్‍స్‍నశ: ॥ ౪౬ ॥
yad utāhaṁ tvayā pṛṣṭo
[yad utaaham tvayaa prishto]
vairājāt puruṣād idam
[vairaajaat purushaad idam]
yathāsīt tad upākhyāste
[yathaaseet tad upaakhyaaste]
praśnān anyāṁś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
[prashnaan anyaamsh cha kritsnashah]
yat — what uta — is, however aham — I tvayā — by you pṛṣṭaḥ — I am asked vairājāt — from the universal form puruṣāt — from the Personality of Godhead idam — this world yathā — as it āsīt — was tat — that upākhyāste — I shall explain praśnān — all the questions anyān — others ca — as well as kṛtsnaśaḥ — in great detail.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad utāhaṁ tvayā pṛṣṭo
yat
what
uta
is, however
aham
I
tvayā
by you
pṛṣṭaḥ
I am asked
vairājāt puruṣād idam
vairājāt
from the universal form
puruṣāt
from the Personality of Godhead
idam
this world
yathāsīt tad upākhyāste
yathā
as it
āsīt
was
tat
that
upākhyāste
I shall explain
praśnān anyāṁś ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
praśnān
all the questions
anyān
others
ca
as well as
kṛtsnaśaḥ
in great detail.
O King, your questions as to how the universe became manifested from the gigantic form of the Personality of Godhead, as well as other questions, I shall answer in detail by explanation of the four verses already mentioned.

As stated in the beginning of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, this great transcendental literature is the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic knowledge, and therefore all questions that can be humanly possible regarding the universal affairs, beginning from its creation, are all answered in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The answers depend only on the qualification of the person who explains them. The ten divisions of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, as explained by the great speaker Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī, are the limitation of all questions, and intelligent persons will derive all intellectual benefits from them by proper utilization.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Second Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Answers by Citing the Lord’s Version.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will explain what you asked me concerning how this universe arose from the universal form and will answer all the other questions as well.
Commentary

I will give the answers to your questions by the explanations given in the Bhāgavatam. You asked me about the universal form:

puruṣāvayavair lokāḥ sapālāḥ pūrva-kalpitāḥ lokair amuṣyāvayavāḥ sa-pālair iti śuśruma

The planets and their protectors were previously identified with limbs of the puruṣa and the limbs of the puruṣa were identified with the planets. This I have heard. If there are more details please explain them. SB 2.8.11

Yathā means yathāvat (how).

Ten Characteristics of a Purāṇa and Third Description of Universal Form

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