कालस्वभावसंस्कारकामकर्मगुणादिभि: । स्वमहिध्वस्तमहिभिर्मूर्तिमद्भिरुपासिता: ॥ ५३ ॥
kāla-svabhāva-saṁskāra- kāma-karma-guṇādibhiḥ sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhir mūrtimadbhir upāsitāḥ
- kāla
- by the time factor
- svabhāva
- own nature
- saṁskāra
- reformation
- kāma
- desire
- karma
- fruitive action
- guṇa
- the three modes of material nature
- ādibhiḥ
- and by others
- sva-mahi-dhvasta-mahibhiḥ
- whose own independence was subordinate to the potency of the Lord
- mūrti-madbhiḥ
- possessing form
- upāsitāḥ
- were being worshiped
Then Lord Brahmā saw that kāla (the time factor), svabhāva (one’s own nature by association), saṁskāra (reformation), kāma (desire), karma (fruitive activity) and the guṇas (the three modes of material nature), their own independence being completely subordinate to the potency of the Lord, had all taken forms and were also worshiping those viṣṇu-mūrtis.