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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.1.12

న యస్యాద్యన్తౌ మధ్యం చ స్వ: పరో నాన్తరం బహి: । విశ్వస్యామూని యద్ యస్మాద్ విశ్వం చ తద‍ృతం మహత్ ॥ ౧౨ ॥
na yasyādy-antau madhyaṁ ca
[na yasyaady-antau madhyam cha]
svaḥ paro nāntaraṁ bahiḥ
[svah paro naantaram bahih]
viśvasyāmūni yad yasmād
[vishvasyaamooni yad yasmaad]
viśvaṁ ca tad ṛtaṁ mahat
[vishvam cha tad ritam mahat]
Word-for-word
na — neither yasya — of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) ādi — a beginning antau — end madhyam — middle ca — also svaḥ — own paraḥ — others na — nor antaram — inside bahiḥ — outside viśvasya — of the whole cosmic manifestation amūni — all such considerations yat — whose form yasmāt — from He who is the cause of everything viśvam — the whole universe ca — and tat — all of them ṛtam — truth mahat — very, very great.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
na yasyādy-antau madhyaṁ ca
na
neither
yasya
of whom (the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
ādi
a beginning
antau
end
madhyam
middle
ca
also
svaḥ paro nāntaraṁ bahiḥ
svaḥ
own
paraḥ
others
na
nor
antaram
inside
bahiḥ
outside
viśvasyāmūni yad yasmād
viśvasya
of the whole cosmic manifestation
amūni
all such considerations
yat
whose form
yasmāt
from He who is the cause of everything
viśvaṁ ca tad ṛtaṁ mahat
viśvam
the whole universe
ca
and
tat
all of them
ṛtam
truth
mahat
very, very great.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead has no beginning, no end and no middle. Nor does He belong to a particular person or nation. He has no inside or outside. The dualities found within this material world, such as beginning and end, mine and theirs, are all absent from the personality of the Supreme Lord. The universe, which emanates from Him, is another feature of the Lord. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the ultimate truth, and He is complete in greatness.
Purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, is described in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.1) :

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

“Kṛṣṇa, known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, for He is the prime cause of all causes.” For the Lord’s existence there is no cause, for He is the cause of everything. He is in everything ( mayā tatam idaṁ sarvam ), He is expanded in everything, but He is not everything. He is acintya-bhedābheda, simultaneously one and different. That is explained in this verse. In the material condition we have a conception of beginning, end and middle, but for the Supreme Personality of Godhead there are no such things. The universal cosmic manifestation is also the virāṭ-rūpa that was shown to Arjuna in Bhagavad-gītā. Therefore, since the Lord is present everywhere and all the time, He is the Absolute Truth and the greatest. He is complete in greatness. God is great, and how He is great is explained here.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
He has no beginning, middle or end. He does not consider that anything belongs to him or to anyone else. He has no inside and no outside. From him arise the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe. He is the form of the universe. He is the permanent truth with eternal form, the perfect Brahman. This verse explains the pervasive feature of the Lord. From the Lord (yasmāt) the creation, maintenance and destruction (amūni) arise. His form is the universe (yat viśvam). Because he is permanent, he is truth (ṛtam) and the perfect Brahman (mahat). This describes the eternal nature of the Lord’s form.
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