Canto 11, Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Verse 18 (SB 11.22.18)
SB 11.22.18 • मूल श्लोक

व्यक्तादयो विकुर्वाणा धातव: पुरुषेक्षया । लब्धवीर्या: सृजन्त्यण्डं संहता: प्रकृतेर्बलात् ॥ १८ ॥

Transliteration

vyaktādayo vikurvāṇā dhātavaḥ puruṣekṣayā labdha-vīryāḥ sṛjanty aṇḍaṁ saṁhatāḥ prakṛter balāt

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

vyakta-ādayaḥ — the mahat-tattva and so on; vikurvāṇāḥ — undergoing transformation; dhātavaḥ — the elements; puruṣa — of the Lord; īkṣayā — by the glance; labdha — having attained; vīryāḥ — their potencies; sṛjanti — they create; aṇḍam — the egg of the universe; saṁhatāḥ — amalgamated; prakṛteḥ — of nature; balāt — by the power.

Translation

“As the material elements, headed by the mahat-tattva, are transformed, they receive their specific potencies from the glance of the Supreme Lord, and being amalgamated by the power of nature, they create the universal egg.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda