व्यक्तादयो विकुर्वाणा धातव: पुरुषेक्षया । लब्धवीर्या: सृजन्त्यण्डं संहता: प्रकृतेर्बलात् ॥ १८ ॥
vyaktādayo vikurvāṇā dhātavaḥ puruṣekṣayā labdha-vīryāḥ sṛjanty aṇḍaṁ saṁhatāḥ prakṛter balāt
- vyakta-ādayaḥ
- the mahat-tattva and so on
- vikurvāṇāḥ
- undergoing transformation
- dhātavaḥ
- the elements
- puruṣa
- of the Lord
- īkṣayā
- by the glance
- labdha
- having attained
- vīryāḥ
- their potencies
- sṛjanti
- they create
- aṇḍam
- the egg of the universe
- saṁhatāḥ
- amalgamated
- prakṛteḥ
- of nature
- balāt
- by the power
As the material elements, headed by the mahat-tattva, are transformed, they receive their specific potencies from the glance of the Supreme Lord, and being amalgamated by the power of nature, they create the universal egg.