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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.1.3

యద్యస్మిన్నన్తరే బ్రహ్మన్భగవాన్విశ్వభావన: । కృతవాన్కురుతే కర్తా హ్యతీతేఽనాగతేఽద్య వా ॥ ౩ ॥
yad yasminn antare brahman
[yad yasminn antare brahman]
bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ
[bhagavaan vishva-bhaavanah]
kṛtavān kurute kartā
[kritavaan kurute kartaa]
hy atīte ’nāgate ’dya vā
[hy ateete ’naagate ’dya vaa]
yat — whatever activities yasmin — in a particular age antare — manvantara brahman — O great brāhmaṇa bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead viśva-bhāvanaḥ — who has created this cosmic manifestation kṛtavān — has done kurute — is doing kartā — and will do hi — indeed atīte — in the past anāgate — in the future adya — at the present vā — either.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yad yasminn antare brahman
yat
whatever activities
yasmin
in a particular age
antare
manvantara
brahman
O great brāhmaṇa
bhagavān viśva-bhāvanaḥ
bhagavān
the Supreme Personality of Godhead
viśva-bhāvanaḥ
who has created this cosmic manifestation
kṛtavān kurute kartā
kṛtavān
has done
kurute
is doing
kartā
and will do
hi
indeed
hy atīte ’nāgate ’dya vā
atīte
in the past
anāgate
in the future
adya
at the present
vā
either.
O learned brāhmaṇa, kindly describe to us whatever activities the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who created this cosmic manifestation, has performed in the past manvantaras, is performing at present, and will perform in the future manvantaras.

In Bhagavad-gītā the Supreme Personality of Godhead said that both He and the other living entities present on the battlefield had existed in the past, they existed at present, and they would continue to exist in the future. Past, present and future always exist, both for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and for ordinary living entities. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām ( Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13). Both the Lord and the living entities are eternal and sentient, but the difference is that the Lord is unlimited whereas the living entities are limited. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the creator of everything, and although the living entities are not created but exist with the Lord eternally, their bodies are created, whereas the Supreme Lord’s body is never created. There is no difference between the Supreme Lord and His body, but the conditioned soul, although eternal, is different from his body.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O brāhmaṇa! Describe to us the activities that the Supreme Lord, creator of the universe, performed in the past Manvantaras, is performing at present, and will perform in the future Manvantaras. The verb “describe” should be added. Antare means “during the Manvantara.” Adya means “at present.”
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