तास्ववात्सीत् स्वसृष्टासु सहस्रंपरिवत्सरान् । तेन नारायणो नाम यदाप: पुरुषोद्भवा: ॥ ११ ॥
tasv avatsit sva-srstasu sahasram parivatsaran tena narayano nama yad apah purusodbhavah
- tasu
- in that
- avatsit
- resided
- sva
- own
- srstasu
- in the matter of creation
- sahasram
- one thousand
- parivatsaran
- years of His measurement
- tena
- for that reason
- narayanah
- the Personality of Godhead named Narayana
- nama
- name
- yat
- because
- apah
- water
- purusa-udbhavah
- emanated from the Supreme Person.
That Supreme Person is not impersonal and therefore is distinctively a nara, or person. Therefore the transcendental water created from the Supreme Nara is known as nara. And because He lies down on that water, He is known as Narayana.