|Canto 11: General History||Chapter 22: Enumeration of the
Elements of Material Creation| Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad
Bhāgavatam 11.22.9 paurvāparyam ato 'mīṣāḿ yathā viviktaḿ yad-
vaktraḿ paurva — considering causal elements to include their
manifest products; aparyam — or assuming elements to include
their subtle causes; ataḥ — therefore; amīṣām — of these
thinkers; prasańkhyānam — the counting; abhīpsatām — who are
intending; yathā — how; viviktam — ascertained; yat-vaktram —
from whose mouth; gṛhṇīmaḥ — We accept it; yukti — of reason;
sambhavāt — because of the possibility. Therefore, no matter
which of these thinkers is speaking, and regardless of whether
in their calculations they include material elements within
their previous subtle causes or else within their subsequent
manifest products, I accept their conclusions as authoritative,
because a logical explanation can always be given for each of
the different theories. Although innumerable philosophers may
rationally describe the material creation f