पुरुषानुगृहीतानामेतेषां वासनामय: । विसर्गोऽयं समाहारो बीजाद् बीजं चराचरम् ॥ १२ ॥
puruṣānugṛhītānām eteṣāṁ vāsanā-mayaḥ visargo ’yaṁ samāhāro bījād bījaṁ carācaram
- puruṣa
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His pastime role of creation
- anugṛhītānām
- which have received the mercy
- eteṣām
- of these elements
- vāsanā-mayaḥ
- consisting predominantly of the remnants of past desires of the living entities
- visargaḥ
- the secondary creation
- ayam
- this
- samāhāraḥ
- manifest amalgamation
- bījāt
- from a seed
- bījam
- another seed
- cara
- moving beings
- acaram
- and nonmoving beings
The secondary creation, which exists by the mercy of the Lord, is the manifest amalgamation of the desires of the living entities. Just as a seed produces additional seeds, activities that promote material desires in the performer produce moving and nonmoving life forms.