Shri Krishna transcends prakriti or the material world and her three gunas. Yet, Shri Krishna, with His maya power comprised of gunas (which exists from the viewpoint of the world, and does not exist from the viewpoint of the absolute), created this universe in the beginning of this sarga or epoch || 30 ||
English translation and commentary of Srimad Bhagavatam. Adapted from the Hindi commentary of Srimad Bhagavatam by Maharajshri Shri Akhandanand Saraswati Maharaj