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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.7.28
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 28
- guṇāvatārair viśvasya
- sarga-sthity-apyayāśrayam
- sṛjataḥ śrīnivāsasya
- vyācakṣvodāra-vikramam
guṇamodes of material nature — modes of material nature; avatāraiḥof the incarnations — of the incarnations; viśvasyaof the universe — of the universe; sargacreation — creation; sthitimaintenance — maintenance; apyayadestruction — destruction; āśrayamand ultimate rest — and ultimate rest; sṛjataḥof the one who creates — of the one who creates; śrīnivāsasyaof the Personality of Godhead — of the Personality of Godhead; vyācakṣvakindly describe — kindly describe; udāramagnanimous — magnanimous; vikramamspecific activities — specific activities.
Please also describe the incarnations of the material modes of nature—Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara—and please describe the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His magnanimous activities.
Although Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, the three incarnations of the material modes of nature, are the principal deities for the creation, maintenance and destruction of the cosmic manifestation, they are not the final authority. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Kṛṣṇa is the ultimate goal, the cause of all causes. He is the āśraya, or the final rest of everything.