भूतैर्यदा पञ्चभिरात्मसृष्टै: पुरं विराजं विरचय्य तस्मिन् । स्वांशेन विष्ट: पुरुषाभिधान- मवाप नारायण आदिदेव: ॥ ३ ॥
bhūtair yadā pañcabhir ātma-sṛṣṭaiḥ puraṁ virājaṁ viracayya tasmin svāṁśena viṣṭaḥ puruṣābhidhānam avāpa nārāyaṇa ādi-devaḥ
- bhūtaiḥ
- by the material elements
- yadā
- when
- pañcabhiḥ
- five (earth, water, fire, air and ether)
- ātma-sṛṣṭaiḥ
- created by Himself
- puram
- the body
- virājam
- of the universe in its subtle form
- viracayya
- having constructed
- tasmin
- within that
- sva-aṁśena
- in the manifestation of His own plenary expansion
- viṣṭaḥ
- entering
- puruṣa-abhidhānam
- the name Puruṣa
- avāpa
- assumed
- nārāyaṇaḥ
- Lord Nārāyaṇa
- ādi-devaḥ
- the original Personality of Godhead
When the primeval Lord Nārāyaṇa created His universal body out of the five elements produced from Himself and then entered within that universal body by His own plenary portion, He thus became known as the Puruṣa.