सृष्ट्वा पुराणि विविधान्यजयात्मशक्त्या वृक्षान् सरीसृपपशून् खगदन्दशूकान् । तैस्तैरतुष्टहृदय: पुरुषं विधाय ब्रह्मावलोकधिषणं मुदमाप देव: ॥ २८ ॥
sṛṣṭvā purāṇi vividhāny ajayātma-śaktyā vṛkṣān sarīsṛpa-paśūn khaga-dandaśūkān tais tair atuṣṭa-hṛdayaḥ puruṣaṁ vidhāya brahmāvaloka-dhiṣaṇaṁ mudam āpa devaḥ
- sṛṣṭvā
- having created
- purāṇi
- material bodies that house the conditioned souls
- vividhāni
- many varieties
- ajayā
- through the agency of māyā
- ātma-śaktyā
- the Lord’s own potency
- vṛkṣān
- trees
- sarīsṛpa
- reptiles
- paśūn
- animals
- khaga
- birds
- danda-śūkān
- snakes
- taiḥ taiḥ
- by all these different varieties of bodies
- atuṣṭa
- unsatisfied
- hṛdayaḥ
- His heart
- puruṣam
- the human form of life
- vidhāya
- creating
- brahma
- the Absolute Truth
- avaloka
- vision of
- dhiṣaṇam
- intelligence suitable for
- mudam
- happiness
- āpā
- achieved
- devaḥ
- the Lord
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, expanding His own potency, māyā-śakti, created innumerable species of life to house the conditioned souls. Yet by creating the forms of trees, reptiles, animals, birds, snakes and so on, the Lord was not satisfied within His heart. Then He created human life, which offers the conditioned soul sufficient intelligence to perceive the Absolute Truth, and became pleased.