Chapter 17
यस्याद्य आसीद् गुणविग्रहो महान्विज्ञानधिष्ण्यो भगवानज: किल । यत्सम्भवोऽहं त्रिवृता स्वतेजसावैकारिकं तामसमैन्द्रियं सृजे ॥ २२ ॥ एते वयं यस्य वशे महात्मन:स्थिता: शकुन्ता इव सूत्रयन्त्रिता: । महानहं वैकृततामसेन्द्रिया:सृजाम सर्वे यदनुग्रहादिदम् ॥ २३ ॥
Transliteration
yasyādya āsīd guṇa-vigraho mahān vijñāna-dhiṣṇyo bhagavān ajaḥ kila yat-sambhavo ’haṁ tri-vṛtā sva-tejasā vaikārikaṁ tāmasam aindriyaṁ sṛjeete vayaṁ yasya vaśe mahātmanaḥ sthitāḥ śakuntā iva sūtra-yantritāḥ mahān ahaṁ vaikṛta-tāmasendriyāḥ sṛjāma sarve yad-anugrahād idam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yasya — from whom; ādyaḥ — the beginning; āsīt — there was; guṇa-vigrahaḥ — the incarnation of the material qualities; mahān — the total material energy; vijñāna — of full knowledge; dhiṣṇyaḥ — the reservoir; bhagavān — the most powerful; ajaḥ — Lord Brahmā; kila — certainly; yat — from whom; sambhavaḥ — born; aham — I; tri-vṛtā — having three varieties according to the three modes of nature; sva-tejasā — by my material strength; vaikārikam — all the demigods; tāmasam — material elements; aindriyam — the senses; sṛje — I create; ete — all of these; vayam — we; yasya — of whom; vaśe — under the control; mahā-ātmanaḥ — great personalities; sthitāḥ — situated; śakuntāḥ — vultures; iva — like; sūtra-yantritāḥ — bound by rope; mahān — the mahat-tattva; aham — I; vaikṛta — the demigods; tāmasa — the five material elements; indriyāḥ — senses; sṛjāmaḥ — we create; sarve — all of us; yat — of whom; anugrahāt — by the mercy; idam — this material world.
Translation
“From that Supreme Personality of Godhead appears Lord Brahmā, whose body is made from the total material energy, the reservoir of intelligence predominated by the passionate mode of material nature. From Lord Brahmā, I myself am born as a representation of false ego known as Rudra. By my own power I create all the other demigods, the five elements and the senses. Therefore, I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is greater than any of us and under whose control are situated all the demigods, material elements and senses, and even Lord Brahmā and I myself, like birds bound by a rope. Only by the Lord’s grace can we create, maintain and annihilate the material world. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Being.”