Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 6 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22


Sanskrit:

यस्मिन्निदं यतश्चेदं तिष्ठत्यप्येति जायते ।मृण्मयेष्विव मृज्जातिस्तस्मै ते ब्रह्मणे नम: ॥ २२ ॥

ITRANS:

yasminn idaṁ yataś cedaṁtiṣṭhaty apyeti jāyatemṛṇmayeṣv iva mṛj-jātistasmai te brahmaṇe namaḥ

Translation:

As pots made completely of earth are situated on earth after being created and are transformed into earth again when broken, this cosmic manifestation is caused by the Supreme Brahman, situated in the Supreme Brahman, and annihilated in the same Supreme Brahman. Therefore, since the Supreme Lord is the cause of Brahman, let us offer Him our respectful obeisances.

Purport:

The Supreme Lord is the cause of the cosmic manifestation, He maintains it after creation, and after annihilation the Lord is the reservoir of everything.