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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.2.39

య ఇచ్ఛయేశ: సృజతీదమవ్యయో య ఏవ రక్షత్యవలుమ్పతే చ య: । తస్యాబలా: క్రీడనమాహురీశితు- శ్చరాచరం నిగ్రహసఙ్గ్రహే ప్రభు: ॥ ౩౯ ॥
ya icchayeśaḥ sṛjatīdam avyayo
[ya ichchayeshah srijateedam avyayo]
ya eva rakṣaty avalumpate ca yaḥ
[ya eva rakshaty avalumpate cha yah]
tasyābalāḥ krīḍanam āhur īśituś
[tasyaabalaah kreedanam aahur eeshitush]
carācaraṁ nigraha-saṅgrahe prabhuḥ
[charaacharam nigraha-sangrahe prabhuh]
yaḥ — who icchayā — by His will (without being forced by anyone) īśaḥ — the supreme controller sṛjati — creates idam — this (material world) avyayaḥ — remaining as He is (not having lost His own existence because of having created so many material manifestations) yaḥ — who eva — indeed rakṣati — maintains avalumpate — annihilates ca — also yaḥ — who tasya — of Him abalāḥ — O poor women krīḍanam — the playing āhuḥ — they say īśituḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead cara-acaram — moving and not moving nigraha — in destruction saṅgrahe — or in protection prabhuḥ — fully able.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ya icchayeśaḥ sṛjatīdam avyayo
yaḥ
who
icchayā
by His will (without being forced by anyone)
ya eva rakṣaty avalumpate ca yaḥ
tasyābalāḥ krīḍanam āhur īśituś
īśaḥ
the supreme controller
sṛjati
creates
idam
this (material world)
avyayaḥ
remaining as He is (not having lost His own existence because of having created so many material manifestations)
yaḥ
who
eva
indeed
carācaraṁ nigraha-saṅgrahe prabhuḥ
rakṣati
maintains
avalumpate
annihilates
ca
also
yaḥ
who
tasya
of Him
abalāḥ
O poor women
krīḍanam
the playing
āhuḥ
they say
īśituḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
cara-acaram
moving and not moving
nigraha
in destruction
saṅgrahe
or in protection
prabhuḥ
fully able.
The boy addressed the women: O weak women! Only by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never diminished, is the entire world created, maintained and again annihilated. This is the verdict of the Vedic knowledge. This material creation, consisting of the moving and nonmoving, is exactly like His plaything. Being the Supreme Lord, He is completely competent to destroy and protect.

In this regard the queens might argue, “If our husband was protected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead when in the womb, why has he not been given protection now?” To this question the answer is, ya icchayeśaḥ sṛjatīdam avyayo ya eva rakṣaty avalumpate ca yaḥ. One cannot argue with the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is always free, and therefore He can protect and can also annihilate. He is not our order carrier; whatever He likes He will do. Therefore He is the Supreme Lord. The Lord does not create this material world at anyone’s request, and therefore He can annihilate everything merely by His will. That is His supremacy. If one argues, “Why does He act in this way?” the answer is that He can do so because He is supreme. No one can question His activities. If one argues, “What is the purpose of this sinful creation and annihilation?” the answer is that to prove His omnipotence He can do anything, and no one can question Him. If He were answerable to us concerning why He does something and why He does not, His supremacy would be curtailed.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O women! They say that the world of moving and non-moving beings is simply the playing of the unchanging Lord who, by his will, creates, maintains and destroys this world. The Lord is capable of destroying and protecting. “O child! The Lord protected you in the womb. Why did he not protect our husband during war?” The Lord acts by his will, not on the request of others. “Why does he desire independently?” He is the controller. Because he has supreme power, independent of all others, seeking a cause for his will would simply negate his position of supreme power. “Why does he carry out creation and destruction?” O women! It is only his play. The Lord is fully capable of destroying (nigrahe) and protecting (saṁgrahe).
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