भूतैर्महद्भिर्य इमा: पुरो विभु- र्निर्माय शेते यदमूषु पूरुष: । भुङ्क्ते गुणान् षोडश षोडशात्मक: सोऽलङ्कृषीष्ट भगवान् वचांसि मे ॥ २३ ॥
bhutair mahadbhir ya imah puro vibhur nirmaya sete yad amusu purusah bhunkte gunan sodasa sodasatmakah so ’lankrsista bhagavan vacamsi me
- bhutaih
- by the elements
- mahadbhih
- of material creation
- yah
- He who
- imah
- all these
- purah
- bodies
- vibhuh
- of the Lord
- nirmaya
- for being set up
- sete
- lie down
- yat amusu
- one who incarnated
- purusah
- Lord Visnu
- bhunkte
- causes to be subjected
- gunan
- the three modes of nature
- sodasa
- in sixteen divisions
- sodasa-atmakah
- being the generator of these sixteen
- sah
- He
- alankrsista
- may decorate
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- vacamsi
- statements
- me
- mine
May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who enlivens the materially created bodies of the elements by lying down within the universe, and who in His purusa incarnation causes the living being to be subjected to the sixteen divisions of material modes which are his generator, be pleased to decorate my statements.