ŚB 10.48.20
Devanagari
यथा हि भूतेषु चराचरेषु
मह्यादयो योनिषु भान्ति नाना ।
एवं भवान् केवल आत्मयोनि-
ष्वात्मात्मतन्त्रो बहुधा विभाति ॥ २० ॥
मह्यादयो योनिषु भान्ति नाना ।
एवं भवान् केवल आत्मयोनि-
ष्वात्मात्मतन्त्रो बहुधा विभाति ॥ २० ॥
Verse text
yathā hi bhūteṣu carācareṣu
mahy-ādayo yoniṣu bhānti nānā
evaṁ bhavān kevala ātma-yoniṣv
ātmātma-tantro bahudhā vibhāti
mahy-ādayo yoniṣu bhānti nānā
evaṁ bhavān kevala ātma-yoniṣv
ātmātma-tantro bahudhā vibhāti
Synonyms
yathā — as; hi — indeed; bhūteṣu — among manifested beings; cara — mobile; acareṣu — and immobile; mahī-ādayaḥ — earth and so on (the primary elements of creation); yoniṣu — in species; bhānti — manifest; nānā — variously; evam — so; bhavān — You; kevalaḥ — one alone; ātma — Yourself; yoniṣu — in those whose source; ātmā — the Supreme Soul; ātma-tantraḥ — self-reliant; bahudhā — manifold; vibhāti — appear.
Translation
Just as the primary elements — earth and so on — manifest themselves in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life, so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among the variegated objects of Your creation.