एतन्नानावताराणां निधानं बीजमव्ययम् । यस्यांशांशेन सृज्यन्ते देवतिर्यङ्नरादय: ॥ ५ ॥
etan nanavataranam nidhanam bijam avyayam yasyamsamsena srjyante deva-tiryan-naradayah
- etat
- this (form)
- nana
- multifarious
- avataranam
- of the incarnations
- nidhanam
- source
- bijam
- seed
- avyayam
- indestructible
- yasya
- whose
- amsa
- plenary portion
- amsena
- part of the plenary portion
- srjyante
- create
- deva
- demigods
- tiryak
- animals
- nara-adayah
- human beings and others.
This form (the second manifestation of the purusa) is the source and indestructible seed of multifarious incarnations within the universe. From the particles and portions of this form, different living entities, like demigods, men and others, are created.