अथाभिध्यायत: सर्गं दश पुत्रा: प्रजज्ञिरे । भगवच्छक्तियुक्तस्य लोकसन्तानहेतव: ॥ २१ ॥
athabhidhyayatah sargam dasa putrah prajajnire bhagavac-chakti-yuktasya loka-santana-hetavah
- atha
- thus
- abhidhyayatah
- while thinking of
- sargam
- creation
- dasa
- ten
- putrah
- sons
- prajajnire
- were begotten
- bhagavat
- regarding the Personality of Godhead
- sakti
- potency
- yuktasya
- empowered with
- loka
- the world
- santana
- generation
- hetavah
- the causes.
Brahma, who was empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thought of generating living entities and begot ten sons for the extension of the generations.