स एवेदं ससर्जाग्रे भगवानात्ममायया । सदसद्रूपया चासौ गुणमयागुणो विभु: ॥ ३० ॥
sa evedam sasarjagre bhagavan atma-mayaya sad-asad-rupaya casau gunamayaguno vibhuh
- sah
- that
- eva
- certainly
- idam
- this
- sasarja
- created
- agre
- before
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- atma-mayaya
- by His personal potency
- sat
- the cause
- asat
- the effect
- rupaya
- by forms
- ca
- and
- asau
- the same Lord
- guna-maya
- in the modes of material nature
- agunah
- transcendental
- vibhuh
- the Absolute.
In the beginning of the material creation, that Absolute Personality of Godhead (Vasudeva), in His transcendental position, created the energies of cause and effect by His own internal energy.