SB 10.85.31
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 31
yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśa-bhāgena
viśvotpatti-layodayāḥ
bhavanti kila viśvātmaṁs
taṁ tvādyāhaṁ gatiṁ gatā
SYNONYMS
yasya—whose; aṁśa—of the expansion; aṁśa—of the expansion; aṁśa—of the expansion; bhāgena—by a part; viśva—of the universe; utpatti—the generation; laya—dissolution; udayāḥ—and prosperity; bhavanti—arise; kila—indeed; viśva-ātman—O Soul of all that be; tat—to Him; tvā—Yourself; adya—today; aham—I; gatim—for shelter; gatā—come.
TRANSLATION
O Soul of all that be, the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe are all carried out by a fraction of an expansion of an expansion of Your expansion. Today I have come to take shelter of You, the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains this verse as follows: The Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, Nārāyaṇa, is but one expansion of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Mahā-Viṣṇu, the first creator, is Lord Nārāyaṇa's expansion. The total material energy emanates from Mahā-Viṣṇu's glance, and of that total material energy the three modes of nature are divided portions. Thus it is Śrī Kṛṣṇa, acting through His expansions, who generates, sustains and dissolves the universe.