यस्याम्भसि शयानस्य योगनिद्रां वितन्वत: । नाभिह्रदाम्बुजादासीद्ब्रह्मा विश्वसृजां पति: ॥ २ ॥
yasyambhasi sayanasya yoga-nidram vitanvatah nabhi-hradambujad asid brahma visva-srjam patih
- yasya
- whose
- ambhasi
- in the water
- sayanasya
- lying down
- yoga-nidram
- sleeping in meditation
- vitanvatah
- ministering
- nabhi
- navel
- hrada
- out of the lake
- ambujat
- from the lotus
- asit
- was manifested
- brahma
- the grandfather of the living beings
- visva
- the universe
- srjam
- the engineers
- patih
- master.
A part of the purusa lies down within the water of the universe, from the navel lake of His body sprouts a lotus stem, and from the lotus flower atop this stem, Brahma, the master of all engineers in the universe, becomes manifest.