Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 10.85.24
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:The Supreme Lordsince 10.85.22inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit
आत्मा ह्येक: स्वयंज्योतिर्नित्योऽन्यो निर्गुणो गुणै: ।
आत्मसृष्टैस्तत्कृतेषु भूतेषु बहुधेयते ॥ २४ ॥
ātmā hy ekaḥ svayaṁ-jyotir
nityo ’nyo nirguṇo guṇaiḥ
ātma-sṛṣṭais tat-kṛteṣu
bhūteṣu bahudheyate
Translation
The supreme spirit, Paramātmā, is indeed one. He is self-luminous and eternal, transcendental and devoid of material qualities. But through the agency of the very modes He has created, the one Supreme Truth manifests as many among the expansions of those modes.
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