Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 11.28.6-7
Who is speaking and story frame
आत्मैव तदिदं विश्वं सृज्यते सृजति प्रभु: ।
त्रायते त्राति विश्वात्मा ह्रियते हरतीश्वर: ॥ ६ ॥
तस्मान्न ह्यात्मनोऽन्यस्मादन्यो भावो निरूपित: ।
निरूपितेऽयं त्रिविधा निर्मूला भातिरात्मनि ।
इदं गुणमयं विद्धि त्रिविधं मायया कृतम् ॥ ७ ॥
ātmaiva tad idaṁ viśvaṁ
sṛjyate sṛjati prabhuḥ
trāyate trāti viśvātmā
hriyate haratīśvaraḥ
tasmān na hy ātmano ’nyasmād
anyo bhāvo nirūpitaḥ
nirūpite ’yaṁ tri-vidhā
nirmūlā bhātir ātmani
idaṁ guṇa-mayaṁ viddhi
tri-vidhaṁ māyayā kṛtam
The Supersoul alone is the ultimate controller and creator of this world, and thus He alone is also the created. Similarly, the Soul of all existence Himself both maintains and is maintained, withdraws and is withdrawn. No other entity can be properly ascertained as separate from Him, the Supreme Soul, who nonetheless is distinct from everything and everyone else. The appearance of the threefold material nature, which is perceived within Him, has no actual basis. Rather, you should understand that this material nature, composed of the three modes, is simply the product of His illusory potency.
Read the purport on Vedabase.ioFrom Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.