स वै किलायं पुरुष: पुरातनो य एक आसीदविशेष आत्मनि । अग्रे गुणेभ्यो जगदात्मनीश्वरे निमीलितात्मन्निशि सुप्तशक्तिषु ॥ २१ ॥
sa vai kilayam purusah puratano ya eka asid avisesa atmani agre gunebhyo jagad-atmanisvare nimilitatman nisi supta-saktisu
- sah
- He (Krsna)
- vai
- as I remember
- kila
- definitely
- ayam
- this
- purusah
- Personality of Godhead
- puratanah
- the original
- yah
- who
- ekah
- only one
- asit
- existed
- avisesah
- materially unmanifested
- atmani
- own self
- agre
- before creation
- gunebhyah
- of the modes of nature
- jagat-atmani
- unto the Supersoul
- isvare
- unto the Supreme Lord
- nimilita
- merged into
- atman
- the living entity
- nisi supta
- inactive at night
- saktisu
- of the energies
They said: Here He is, the original Personality of Godhead as we definitely remember Him. He alone existed before the manifested creation of the modes of nature, and in Him only, because He is the Supreme Lord, all living beings merge, as if sleeping at night, their energy suspended.