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?
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यद्रूपं यदधिष्ठानं यतः सृष्टमिदं प्रभो । यत्संस्थं यत्परं यच्च तत्तत्त्वं वद तत्त्वतः
yadrūpaṃ yadadhiṣṭhānaṃ yataḥ sṛṣṭamidaṃ prabho | yatsaṃsthaṃ yatparaṃ yacca tattattvaṃ vada tattvataḥ
SB 2.5.2