प्रकृतिर्यस्योपादानमाधारः पुरुषः परः । सतोऽभिव्यञ्जकः कालो ब्रह्म तत्त्रितयं त्वहम् ॥ १९ ॥
prakṛtir yasyopādānam ādhāraḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ sato ’bhivyañjakaḥ kālo brahma tat tritayaṁ tv aham
- prakṛtiḥ
- material nature
- yasya
- of which (produced manifestation of the universe)
- upādānam
- the ingredient cause
- ādhāraḥ
- the foundation
- puruṣaḥ
- the Personality of Godhead
- paraḥ
- Supreme
- sataḥ
- of the real (nature)
- abhivyañjakaḥ
- the agitating agent
- kālaḥ
- time
- brahma
- the Absolute Truth
- tat
- this
- tritayam
- group of three
- tu
- but
- aham
- I
The material universe may be considered real, having nature as its original ingredient and final state. Lord Mahā-Viṣṇu is the resting place of nature, which becomes manifest by the power of time. Thus nature, the almighty Viṣṇu and time are not different from Me, the Supreme Absolute Truth.