अज: सृजति भूतानि भूतात्मा यदनुग्रहात् । ददृशे येन तद्रूपं नाभिपद्मसमुद्भव: ॥ ९ ॥
ajah srjati bhutani bhutatma yad-anugrahat dadrse yena tad-rupam nabhi-padma-samudbhavah
- ajah
- one who is born without a material source
- srjati
- creates
- bhutani
- all those materially born
- bhuta-atma
- having a body of matter
- yat
- whose
- anugrahat
- by the mercy of
- dadrse
- could see
- yena
- by whom
- tat-rupam
- His form of body
- nabhi
- navel
- padma
- lotus flower
- samudbhavah
- being born of.
Brahma, who was not born of a material source but of the lotus flower coming out of the navel abdomen of the Lord, is the creator of all those who are materially born. Of course, by the grace of the Lord, Brahma was able to see the form of the Lord.