Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.5.2
SB 2.5.2
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yad rūpaṁ yad adhiṣṭhānaṁ yataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṁ prabho yat saṁsthaṁ yat paraṁ yac ca tat tattvaṁ vada tattvataḥ
Translation
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?