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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.5.22

అథ తే భగవల్లీలా యోగమాయోరుబృంహితా: । విశ్వస్థిత్యుద్భవాన్తార్థా వర్ణయామ్యనుపూర్వశ: ॥ ౨౨ ॥
atha te bhagaval-līlā
[atha te bhagaval-leelaa]
yoga-māyorubṛṁhitāḥ
[yoga-maayorubrimhitaah]
viśva-sthity-udbhavāntārthā
[vishva-sthity-udbhavaantaarthaa]
varṇayāmy anupūrvaśaḥ
[varnayaamy anupoorvashah]
atha — therefore te — unto you bhagavat — pertaining to the Personality of Godhead līlāḥ — pastimes yoga-māyā — energy of the Lord uru — greatly bṛṁhitāḥ — extended by viśva — of the cosmic world sthiti — maintenance udbhava — creation anta — dissolution arthāḥ — purpose varṇayāmi — I shall describe anupūrvaśaḥ — systematically.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
atha te bhagaval-līlā
atha
therefore
te
unto you
bhagavat
pertaining to the Personality of Godhead
līlāḥ
pastimes
yoga-māyorubṛṁhitāḥ
yoga-māyā
energy of the Lord
viśva-sthity-udbhavāntārthā
varṇayāmy anupūrvaśaḥ
uru
greatly
bṛṁhitāḥ
extended by
viśva
of the cosmic world
sthiti
maintenance
udbhava
creation
anta
dissolution
arthāḥ
purpose
varṇayāmi
I shall describe
anupūrvaśaḥ
systematically.
I shall therefore describe to you the pastimes by which the Personality of Godhead extends His transcendental potency for the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the cosmic world as they occur one after another.

The omnipotent Lord, by His different energies, can perform anything and everything He likes. The creation of the cosmic world is done by His yoga-māyā energy.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
I will describe to you the pastimes of the Lord in creating, maintaining and destroying the universe, nourished by his energy of māyā, in sequence. First I will begin to describe the pastimes of the puruṣāvatāras in answer to your question in verse 5. I will describe the subjects of creation, maintenance and destruction, which are made powerful by the Lord’s material māyā, a special aspect of the Lord’s svarūpa-śakti (yogamāyā). It is explained in the Nārada-paṣcarātra that māyā arises as a portion of the yogamāyā.
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