शौनक उवाच कपिलस्तत्त्वसंख्याता भगवानात्ममायया । जात: स्वयमज: साक्षादात्मप्रज्ञप्तये नृणाम् ॥ १ ॥
saunaka uvaca kapilas tattva-sankhyata bhagavan atma-mayaya jatah svayam ajah saksad atma-prajnaptaye nrnam
- saunakah uvaca
- Sri Saunaka said
- kapilah
- Lord Kapila
- tattva
- of the truth
- sankhyata
- the expounder
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- atma-mayaya
- by His internal potency
- jatah
- took birth
- svayam
- Himself
- ajah
- unborn
- saksat
- in person
- atma-prajnaptaye
- to disseminate transcendental knowledge
- nrnam
- for the human race.
Sri Saunaka said: Although He is unborn, the Supreme Personality of Godhead took birth as Kapila Muni by His internal potency. He descended to disseminate transcendental knowledge for the benefit of the whole human race.