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He has no work and no organ; no one is seen equal to him or greater. His supreme power is revealed to be of many kinds; his knowledge, strength, and action are inherent in his own nature.
न तस्य कार्यं करणं च विद्यते न तत्समश्चाभ्यधिकश्च दृश्यते । परास्य शक्तिर्विविधैव श्रूयते स्वाभाविकी ज्ञानबलक्रिया च ॥ ८॥
HinduTeachingGodPowerSanskrit
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6.8Sanskrit original; contemporary rendering by Wisdom Booth

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Hindu
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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Shvetashvatara Upanishad
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SU.6.8
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