प्रकृतेर्गुणसाम्यस्य निर्विशेषस्य मानवि । चेष्टा यत: स भगवान्काल इत्युपलक्षित: ॥ १७ ॥
prakrter guna-samyasya nirvisesasya manavi cesta yatah sa bhagavan kala ity upalaksitah
- prakrteh
- of material nature
- guna-samyasya
- without interaction of the three modes
- nirvisesasya
- without specific qualities
- manavi
- O daughter of Manu
- cesta
- movement
- yatah
- from whom
- sah
- He
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kalah
- time
- iti
- thus
- upalaksitah
- is designated.
My dear mother, O daughter of Svayambhuva Manu, the time factor, as I have explained, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, from whom the creation begins as a result of the agitation of the neutral, unmanifested nature.