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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.11.25

స ఏవ విశ్వం సృజతి స ఏవావతి హన్తి చ । అథాపి హ్యనహఙ్కారాన్నాజ్యతే గుణకర్మభి: ॥ ౨౫ ॥
sa eva viśvaṁ sṛjati
[sa eva vishvam srijati]
sa evāvati hanti ca
[sa evaavati hanti cha]
athāpi hy anahaṅkārān
[athaapi hy anahankaaraan]
nājyate guṇa-karmabhiḥ
[naajyate guna-karmabhih]
saḥ — He eva — certainly viśvam — the universe sṛjati — creates saḥ — He eva — certainly avati — maintains hanti — annihilates ca — also atha api — moreover hi — certainly anahaṅkārāt — from being without ego na — not ajyate — becomes entangled guṇa — by the modes of material nature karmabhiḥ — by activities.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sa eva viśvaṁ sṛjati
saḥ
He
eva
certainly
viśvam
the universe
sṛjati
creates
sa evāvati hanti ca
saḥ
He
eva
certainly
avati
maintains
hanti
annihilates
ca
also
athāpi hy anahaṅkārān
atha api
moreover
nājyate guṇa-karmabhiḥ
hi
certainly
anahaṅkārāt
from being without ego
na
not
ajyate
becomes entangled
guṇa
by the modes of material nature
karmabhiḥ
by activities.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates this material world, maintains it, and annihilates it in due course of time, but because He is transcendental to such activities, He is never affected by ego in such action or by the modes of material nature.

In this verse the word anahaṅkāra means “without ego.” The conditioned soul has a false ego, and as a result of his karma he gets different types of bodies in this material world. Sometimes he gets the body of a demigod, and he thinks that body to be his identity. Similarly, when he gets the body of a dog he identifies his self with that body. But for the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no such distinction between the body and the soul. Bhagavad-gītā, therefore, certifies that anyone who thinks of Kṛṣṇa as an ordinary human being is without knowledge of His transcendental nature and is a great fool. The Lord says, na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti: He is not affected by anything He does, because He is never contaminated by the material modes of nature. That we have a material body proves that we are infected by the three material modes of nature. The Lord says to Arjuna, “You and I had many, many births previously, but I remember everything, whereas you do not.” That is the difference between the living entity, or conditioned soul, and the Supreme Soul. The Supersoul, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has no material body, and because He has no material body, He is not affected by any work He executes. There are many Māyāvādī philosophers who consider that Kṛṣṇa’s body is the effect of a concentration of the material mode of goodness, and they distinguish Kṛṣṇa’s soul from Kṛṣṇa’s body. The real situation, however, is that the body of the conditioned soul, even if he has a large accumulation of material goodness, is material, whereas Kṛṣṇa’s body is never material; it is transcendental. Kṛṣṇa has no false ego, for He does not identify Himself with the false and temporary body. His body is always eternal; He descends to this world in His own original, spiritual body. This is explained in Bhagavad-gītā as paraṁ bhāvam. The words paraṁ bhāvaṁ and divyam are especially significant in understanding Kṛṣṇa’s personality.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord creates the universe, maintains it and destroys it without attachment or ego. He is not affected by actions of the guṇas. The Lord is not to be blamed.
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