यथा गुणांस्तु प्रकृतेर्युगपत् क्रमशोऽपि वा । बिभर्ति भूरिशस्त्वेक: कुर्वन् कर्माणि जन्मभि: ॥ ९ ॥
yatha gunams tu prakrter yugapat kramaso ’pi va bibharti bhurisas tv ekah kurvan karmani janmabhih
- yatha
- as they are
- gunan
- the modes of
- tu
- but
- prakrteh
- of the material energy
- yugapat
- simultaneously
- kramasah
- gradually
- api
- also
- va
- either
- bibharti
- maintains
- bhurisah
- many forms
- tu
- but
- ekah
- the supreme one
- kurvan
- acting
- karmani
- activities
- janmabhih
- by incarnations.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, whether He alone acts with the modes of material nature, or simultaneously expands in many forms, or expands consecutively to direct the modes of nature.