Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12


Sanskrit:

आत्मनात्माश्रय: पूर्वं मायया ससृजे गुणान् ।तैरिदं सत्यसङ्कल्प: सृजस्यत्स्यवसीश्वर: ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaṁmāyayā sasṛje guṇāntair idaṁ satya-saṅkalpaḥsṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ

Translation:

You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.

Purport: