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Srimad Bhagavatam 2.5.2

2.5.2

यद्रूपं यदधिष्ठानं यत: सृष्टमिदं प्रभो । यत्संस्थं यत्परं यच्च तत् तत्त्वं वद तत्त्वत: ॥ २ ॥

yad rupam yad adhisthanam yatah srstam idam prabho yat samstham yat param yac ca tat tattvam vada tattvatah

yat
what
rupam
the symptoms of manifestation
yat
what
adhisthanam
background
yatah
from where
srstam
created
idam
this world
prabho
O my father
yat
in which
samstham
conserved
yat
what
param
under control
yat
what are
ca
and
tat
of this
tattvam
the symptoms
vada
please describe
tattvatah
factually.

My dear father, please describe factually the symptoms of this manifest world. What is its background? How is it created? How is it conserved? And under whose control is all this being done?