# SB 2.4.9 > यथा गुणांस्तु प्रकृतेर्युगपत्क्रमशोऽपि वा । > बिभर्ति भूरिशस्त्वेकः कुर्वन्कर्माणि जन्मभिः ॥९॥ ## Text > yathā guṇāṁs tu prakṛter > yugapat kramaśo 'pi vā > bibharti bhūriśas tv ekaḥ > kurvan karmāṇi janmabhiḥ ## Synonyms *yathā*—as they are; *guṇān*—the modes of; *tu*—but; *prakṛteḥ*—of the material energy; *yugapat*—simultaneously; *kramaśaḥ*—gradually; *api*—also; *vā*—either; *bibharti*—maintains; *bhūriśaḥ*—many forms; *tu*—but; *ekaḥ*—the supreme one; *kurvan*—acting; *karmāṇi*—activities; *janmabhiḥ*—by incarnations. ## Translation **The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one, whether He alone acts with the modes of material nature, or simultaneously expands in many forms, or expands consecutively to direct the modes of nature.**