यदात्मनि निरालोकमात्मानं च दिदृक्षत: । निर्भिन्ने ह्यक्षिणी तस्य ज्योतिश्चक्षुर्गुणग्रह: ॥ २१ ॥
yadatmani niralokam atmanam ca didrksatah nirbhinne hy aksini tasya jyotis caksur guna-grahah
- yada
- while
- atmani
- unto Himself
- niralokam
- without any light
- atmanam
- His own transcendental body
- ca
- also other bodily forms
- didrksatah
- desired to look upon
- nirbhinne
- due to being sprouted
- hi
- for
- aksini
- of the eyes
- tasya
- of Him
- jyotih
- the sun
- caksuh
- the eyes
- guna-grahah
- the power of seeing.
Thus when everything existed in darkness, the Lord desired to see Himself and all that was created. Then the eyes, the illuminating god Sun, the power of vision and the object of sight all became manifested.