त्वत्त: पुमान् समधिगम्य ययास्य वीर्यं धत्ते महान्तमिव गर्भममोघवीर्य: । सोऽयं तयानुगत आत्मन आण्डकोशं हैमं ससर्ज बहिरावरणैरुपेतम् ॥ १६ ॥
tvattaḥ pumān samadhigamya yayāsya vīryaṁ dhatte mahāntam iva garbham amogha-vīryaḥ so ’yaṁ tayānugata ātmana āṇḍa-kośaṁ haimaṁ sasarja bahir āvaraṇair upetam
- tvattaḥ
- from You
- pumān
- the puruṣa-avatāra, Mahā-Viṣṇu
- samadhigamya
- obtaining
- yayā
- along with which (material nature)
- asya
- of this creation
- vīryam
- the potential seed
- dhatte
- He impregnates
- mahāntam
- the mahat-tattva, the raw amalgamation of matter
- iva garbham
- like an ordinary fetus
- amogha-vīryaḥ
- He whose semen is never wasted
- saḥ ayam
- that same (mahat-tattva)
- tayā
- with the material nature
- anugataḥ
- joined
- ātmanaḥ
- from itself
- āṇḍa-kośam
- the primeval egg of the universe
- haimam
- golden
- sasarja
- produced
- bahiḥ
- on its outside
- āvaraṇaiḥ
- with several coverings
- upetam
- endowed
My dear Lord, the original puruṣa-avatāra, Mahā-Viṣṇu, acquires His creative potency from You. Thus with infallible energy He impregnates material nature, producing the mahat-tattva. Then the mahat-tattva, the amalgamated material energy, endowed with the potency of the Lord, produces from itself the primeval golden egg of the universe, which is covered by various layers of material elements.