Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 9: Brahma's Prayers for Creative Energy. Text 43

सर्ववेदमयेनेदमात्मनात्मात्मयोनिना ।
प्रजाः सृज यथापूर्वं याश्च मय्यनुशेरते ॥४३॥

sarva-veda-mayenedam
ÄtmanÄtmÄtma-yoninÄ
prajÄḥ sá¹›ja yathÄ-pÅ«rvaá¹
yÄÅ› ca mayy anuÅ›erate

 sarva - all; veda-mayena - under complete Vedic wisdom; idam - this; ÄtmanÄ - by the body; ÄtmÄ - you; Ätma-yoninÄ - directly born of the Lord; prajÄḥ - living entities; sá¹›ja - generate; yathÄ-pÅ«rvam - as it was hereinbefore; yÄḥ - which; ca - also; mayi - in Me; anuÅ›erate - lie.


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By following My instructions you can now generate the living entities as before, by dint of your complete Vedic wisdom and the body you have directly received from Me, the supreme cause of everything.

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