Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 12 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26


Sanskrit:

यथा जलधरा व्योम्नि भवन्ति न भवन्ति च ।ब्रह्मणीदं तथा विश्वमवयव्युदयाप्ययात् ॥ २६ ॥

ITRANS:

yathā jala-dharā vyomnibhavanti na bhavanti cabrahmaṇīdaṁ tathā viśvamavayavy udayāpyayāt

Translation:

Just as clouds in the sky come into being and are then dispersed by the amalgamation and dissolution of their constituent elements, this material universe is created and destroyed within the Absolute Truth by the amalgamation and dissolution of its elemental, constituent parts.

Purport: