स आदिदेवो जगतां परो गुरु: स्वधिष्ण्यमास्थाय सिसृक्षयैक्षत । तां नाध्यगच्छद् दृशमत्र सम्मतां प्रपञ्चनिर्माणविधिर्यया भवेत् ॥ ५ ॥
sa adi-devo jagatam paro guruh svadhisnyam asthaya sisrksayaiksata tam nadhyagacchad drsam atra sammatam prapanca-nirmana-vidhir yaya bhavet
- sah
- he
- adi-devah
- the first demigod
- jagatam
- of the universe
- parah
- supreme
- guruh
- spiritual master
- svadhisnyam
- his lotus seat
- asthaya
- to find the source of it
- sisrksaya
- for the matter of creating the universal affairs
- aiksata
- began to think
- tam
- in that matter
- na
- could not
- adhyagacchat
- understand
- drsam
- the direction
- atra
- therein
- sammatam
- just the proper way
- prapanca
- material
- nirmana
- construction
- vidhih
- process
- yaya
- as much as
- bhavet
- should be
Lord Brahma, the first spiritual master, supreme in the universe, could not trace out the source of his lotus seat, and while thinking of creating the material world, he could not understand the proper direction for such creative work, nor could he find out the process for such creation.